Author: alexander
Date: 2007-12-07 09:32:27 -0700 (Fri, 07 Dec 2007)
New Revision: 7140
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/wm/wm.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/wm/xfce.xml
Log:
Updated Xfce to version 4.4.2 and commented it out from the book.
The package is buggy and not maintenance-free, so uncomment
only if you use it and are absolutely sure that you have
enough time to update its page.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-11-24 15:58:28 UTC (rev 7139)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-12-07 16:32:27 UTC (rev 7140)
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
$Date$
-->
-<!ENTITY day "22"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
-<!ENTITY month "11"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "07"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY month "12"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2007">
<!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November &day;nd, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "December &day;th, &year;">
<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!--
version|testing|unstable|development] -->
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
<!ENTITY sawfish-version "1.3">
<!ENTITY fluxbox-version "0.9.15.1">
<!ENTITY metacity-version "2.18.5">
-<!ENTITY xfce-version "4.2.3.2">
+<!-- <!ENTITY xfce-version "4.4.2"> -->
<!-- Part VIII -->
<!-- Chapter 28 & 29 -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-11-24 15:58:28 UTC
(rev 7139)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-12-07 16:32:27 UTC
(rev 7140)
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
</listitem>
-->
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>December 7th, 2007</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[alexander] - Updated to Xfce-4.4.2 and commented it
out.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>November 22nd, 2007</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/wm/wm.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/wm/wm.xml 2007-11-24 15:58:28 UTC (rev 7139)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/wm/wm.xml 2007-12-07 16:32:27 UTC (rev 7140)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="sawfish.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="fluxbox.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="metacity.xml"/>
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="xfce.xml"/>
+<!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="xfce.xml"/>
-->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="other-wms.xml"/>
</chapter>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/wm/xfce.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/wm/xfce.xml 2007-11-24 15:58:28 UTC (rev 7139)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/wm/xfce.xml 2007-12-07 16:32:27 UTC (rev 7140)
@@ -4,27 +4,23 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
- is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
- delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
-
- <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
- delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
- test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
- line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
-
- <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
- <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make
check</command>.</para> -->
-
<!ENTITY xfce-download-http
"http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-&xfce-version;-src.tar.bz2";>
<!ENTITY xfce-download-ftp " ">
- <!ENTITY xfce-md5sum "44e126e47657969657ff86fb558d54ea">
- <!ENTITY xfce-size "25 MB">
- <!ENTITY xfce-buildsize "219 MB (to build and install everything without
deleting any sources)">
- <!ENTITY xfce-time "3.5 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY xfce-md5sum "5dd0ee362dd5782324b88da3cd5b9f1b">
+ <!ENTITY xfce-size "25 MB">
+ <!ENTITY xfce-buildsize "330 MB (to build and install everything without
deleting any sources)">
+ <!ENTITY xfce-time "5 SBU">
+
+ <!ENTITY Terminal-version "0.2.8">
+ <!ENTITY Thunar-version "0.9.0">
+ <!ENTITY exo-version "0.3.4">
+ <!ENTITY gtk-xfce-engine-version "2.4.2">
+ <!ENTITY mousepad-version "0.2.13">
+ <!ENTITY xfce4-dev-tools-version "4.4.0.1">
+
]>
-<sect1 id="xfce" xreflabel="XFce-&xfce-version;">
+<sect1 id="xfce" xreflabel="Xfce-&xfce-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="xfce.html" ?>
<sect1info>
@@ -32,16 +28,16 @@
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
- <title>XFce-&xfce-version;</title>
+ <title>Xfce-&xfce-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="xfce">
- <primary sortas="a-xfce">XFce</primary>
+ <primary sortas="a-xfce">Xfce</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
- <title>Introduction to XFce</title>
+ <title>Introduction to Xfce</title>
- <para>The <application>XFce</application> package contains a lightweight
+ <para>The <application>Xfce</application> package contains a lightweight
desktop environment.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -66,149 +62,330 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XFce Dependencies</bridgehead>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xfce General Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
<xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
-
+
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gdm"/>,
- <xref linkend="librsvg"/>
- (<application>xffm</application> links to
<application>librsvg</application>
- automatically if <application>librsvg</application> is installed),
- <xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>,
+ <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
+ <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
- <xref linkend="a2ps"/>
- (required to build <application>xfprint</application>).</para>
+ <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> (untested by BLFS editors)</para>
+
+
+
+ <para>Xfce components have additional dependencies upon each other
+ and upon external packages. They are summarized below.</para>
- <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce"/></para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="libxfce4util"
+ xreflabel="libxfce4util-&xfce-version;">libxfce4util</bridgehead>
+ <para>Libxfce4util is a basic utility library for Xfce4.</para>
+ <para>Libxfce4util has no external dependencies.</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="libxfcegui4"
+ xreflabel="libxfcegui4-&xfce-version;">libxfcegui4</bridgehead>
+ <para>Libxfcegui4 is a library that contains various <xref
linkend="gtk2"/> widgets for Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Libxfcegui4 depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>.</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="libxfce4mcs"
+ xreflabel="libxfce4mcs-&xfce-version;">libxfce4mcs</bridgehead>
+ <para>Libxfce4mcs is a library that provides multi-channel settings
management support for Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Libxfce4mcs depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>.</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce-mcs-manager"
+ xreflabel="xfce-mcs-manager-&xfce-version;">xfce-mcs-manager</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce-mcs-manager is a graphical settings manager for Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Xfce-mcs-manager depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, and
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4mcs"/>.</para>
- </sect2>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce-mcs-plugins"
+ xreflabel="xfce-mcs-plugins-&xfce-version;">xfce-mcs-plugins</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce-mcs-plugins is a set of plugins for the multi channel settings
manager.
+ With these plugins, a user can change display settings, themes, fonts and
similar
+ desktop parameters.</para>
+ <para>Xfce-mcs-plugins depend on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <!-- aumix (runtime, optional, patched out below), --> and
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, needed only at runtime, to send commands
+ to the <xref linkend="Thunar"/> file manager).</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfwm4"
+ xreflabel="xfwm4-&xfce-version;">xfwm4</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfwm4 is a window manager.</para>
+ <para>Xfwm4 depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, and
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>.</para>
- <sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of XFce</title>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfwm4-themes"
+ xreflabel="xfwm4-themes-&xfce-version;">xfwm4-themes</bridgehead>
+ <para>The xfwm4-themes package contains extra themes for xfwm4.</para>
+ <para>xfwm4-themes have no external dependencies.</para>
- <para>A bare minimum <application>XFce</application> setup requires
- installation of the following packages:</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-panel"
+ xreflabel="xfce4-panel-&xfce-version;">xfce4-panel</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce4-panel is the panel for the Xfce desktop environment. It
+ contains launchers for programs, the clock, and other applets.</para>
+ <para>Xfce4-panel depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,and
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>.</para>
- <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
- <listitem>
- <para>libxfce4util-&xfce-version;.2</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>dbh-1.0.24</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>libxfcegui4-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>libxfce4mcs-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce-mcs-manager-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfwm4-&xfce-version;.2</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-panel-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfdesktop-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce-utils-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-session"
+ xreflabel="xfce4-session-&xfce-version;">xfce4-session</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce4-session is the session manager for the Xfce desktop
environment.</para>
+ <para>Xfce4-session depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, untested by BLFS editors, needed
+ for <xref linkend="hal"/>-based shutdown support, which also needs
+ <ulink url="http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/";>PolicyKit</ulink> and
+ <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit";>ConsoleKit</ulink>
+ packages, which are not in BLFS), <xref linkend="sudo"/>
+ (optional, needed at runtime for non-HAL-based shutdown support), and
+ <xref linkend="GConf"/> (optional, needed for Assistive Technologies
support,
+ untested by BLFS editors).</para>
- <para>Install the minimum applications by issuing the following
- commands:</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-mixer"
+ xreflabel="xfce4-mixer-&xfce-version;">xfce4-mixer</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce4-mixer contains an applet that controls sound volume
levels.</para>
+ <para>Xfce4-mixer depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/> (optional), and
+ <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> (optional but highly recommended, because not
all
+ controls on modern sound cards are accessible to OSS applications).</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
-make</userinput></screen>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="gtk-xfce-engine"
+
xreflabel="gtk-xfce-engine->k-xfce-engine-version;">gtk-xfce-engine</bridgehead>
+ <para>Gtk-xfce-engine contains <xref linkend="gtk2"/> themes.</para>
+ <para>Gtk-xfce-engine has no external dependencies.</para>
- <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would
- like to be able to log into an <application>XFce</application> session from
- the login prompt, pass the <parameter>--enable-gdm</parameter> option to
- the <application>xfce-utils</application>-&xfce-version;
- <command>configure</command> script (requires <xref linkend="which"/> to be
- installed at run time).</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="orage"
+ xreflabel="orage-&xfce-version;">orage</bridgehead>
+ <para>Orage is a time-managing application for the Xfce desktop
environment.</para>
+ <para>Orage depends on <xref linkend="libxfce4mcs"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <ulink
url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeassociation/";>libical</ulink>
+ (optional, an internal copy is used if external libical is not found,
+ external libical-0.27 is known to
+ <ulink
url="http://www.nabble.com/Re:--Libical--libical-0.27-is-now-available-t3444157.html";>misinterpret</ulink>
+ <!-- FIXME: what about the internal version? -->
+ daylight time saving rules in the USA), and
+ <xref linkend="db"/> (optional, part of LFS).</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-appfinder"
+ xreflabel="xfce4-appfinder-&xfce-version;">xfce4-appfinder</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce4-appfinder shows system-wide installed applications.</para>
+ <para>Xfce4-appfinder depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>.</para>
- <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-icon-theme"
+ xreflabel="xfce4-icon-theme-&xfce-version;">xfce4-icon-theme</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfce4-icon-theme contains more than 500 48x48 and scalable icons for
+ <xref linkend="gtk2"/> applications.</para>
+ <para>Xfce4-icon-theme depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>.</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="exo"
+ xreflabel="exo-&exo-version;">EXO</bridgehead>
+ <para>EXO is an extension library for Xfce, targeted at application
development.
+ It contains some additional <xref linkend="gtk2"/> widgets and helpers
that run
+ the preferred applications.</para>
+ <para>EXO depends on <ulink
url="http://cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/URI-1.35.tar.gz";>URI-1.35</ulink>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <xref linkend="hal"/> (optional, not recommended, see explanation below),
+ <ulink url="http://www.galago-project.org/";>libnotify</ulink> (optional,
+ useless without <xref linkend="hal"/>, see explanation below), and
+ <ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/";>PyGTK</ulink> (optional,
untested).</para>
- <para>In addition, you may choose to install:</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="Terminal"
+ xreflabel="Terminal-&Terminal-version;">Terminal</bridgehead>
+ <para>Terminal is a VT-100 terminal emulator for xfce.</para>
+ <para>Terminal depends on <xref linkend="exo"/>,
+ <xref linkend="vte"/>,
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, with <xref linkend="glib2"/>
bindings).</para>
- <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
- <listitem>
- <para>gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfcalendar-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce-mcs-plugins-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-appfinder-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-icon-theme-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-iconbox-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-mixer-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-session-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-systray-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-toys-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfce4-trigger-launcher-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xffm-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfprint-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>xfwm4-themes-&xfce-version;</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfprint"
+ xreflabel="xfprint-&xfce-version;">xfprint</bridgehead>
+ <para>Xfprint contains a print dialog and a printer manager for
Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Xfprint depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, and
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <xref linkend="a2ps"/> (optional),
+ <xref linkend="enscript"/>, and
+ <xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>. Due to the use of
+ <xref linkend="a2ps"/> and <xref linkend="enscript"/>, it
+ <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783";>cannot</ulink>
+ print UTF-8 encoded text files.</para>
- <para>Install the remaining applications using the following
- commands:</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="mousepad"
+ xreflabel="mousepad-&mousepad-version;">mousepad</bridgehead>
+ <para>Mousepad is a plain text editor for Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Mousepad depends on <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>, printing support
requires
+ <xref linkend="xfprint"/> at runtime.</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce-utils"
+ xreflabel="xfce-utils-&xfce-version;">xfce-utils</bridgehead>
+ <para>The xfce-utils package contains files needed to start Xfce from
+ <xref linkend="gdm"/>,
+ and the <command>startxfce4</command>, <command>xfbrowser4</command>,
+ <command>xfhelp4</command>, <command>xflock4</command>
+ (needs <xref linkend="xscreensaver"/> or
+ <ulink url="http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/xlockmore.html";>xlockmore</ulink>
at runtime),
+ <command>xfmountdev4</command>, <command>xfterm4</command>,
+ <command>xfce4-about</command>, and <command>xfrun</command>
+ utilities.</para>
+ <para>Xfce-utils depend on <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/> with <xref linkend="glib2"/> bindings (optional),
and
+ <xref linkend="gdm"/> (optional, untested by BLFS editors).</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="Thunar"
+ xreflabel="Thunar-&Thunar-version;">Thunar</bridgehead>
+ <para>Thunar is a file manager for Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Thunar depends on <xref linkend="exo"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/> (optional, for trash can support),
+ <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libexif"/> (optional, for the "Image" properties page),
+ <xref linkend="pcre"/> (optional, for the "Search & Replace" renamer),
+ <!-- <xref linkend="fam"/> or --><xref linkend="gamin"/> (optional)
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/> with <xref linkend="glib2"/> bindings (optional),
+ <xref linkend="hal"/> (optional, not recommended), and
+ <xref linkend="GConf"/> (optional, for support of GNOME thumbnailers,
+ untested by BLFS editors).</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfdesktop"
+ xreflabel="xfdesktop-&xfce-version;">xfdesktop</bridgehead>
+ <para>The xfdesktop package contains a desktop manager for Xfce.</para>
+ <para>Xfdesktop depends on <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libxfcegui4"/>,
+ <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
+ <xref linkend="Thunar"/> (optional, for file icons on desktop),
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, for file icons on desktop),
+ <xref linkend="exo"/> (optional, for nifty icon effects),
+ <xref linkend="xfce4-panel"/> (optional).</para>
+
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-dev-tools"
+
xreflabel="xfce4-dev-tools-&xfce4-dev-tools-version;">xfce4-dev-tools</bridgehead>
+ <para>The xfce4-dev-tools package contains common tools required by Xfce
developers and people
+ that want to build Xfce from SVN. In addition, this package contains the
+ Xfce developer's handbook.</para>
+ <para>The xfce4-dev-tools package has no external dependencies.</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
- --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 &&
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="xfce4-unwanted">Unwanted
dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+ <para>Some of Xfce components have optional dependencies on HAL. E.g.,
+ <xref linkend="exo"/> and <xref linkend="Thunar"/> use HAL as a volume
+ manager in order to mount removable media. However, HAL-based volume
+ manager is currently very buggy, so it is a good idea to disable it.</para>
+
+ <para>E.g., in non-English
+ environments, it is often needed to pass <quote>iocharset</quote>
+ and <quote>codepage</quote> mount options.
+ The need for non-default mount options also exists for English users:
+ the kernel version in LFS (2.6.22.x) has a
+ <ulink url="https://launchpad.net/bugs/133567";>bug</ulink> that causes the
+ statfs(2) syscall (used in order to determine the amount of free space) to
take
+ too much time (up to a minute for a filesystem on a 80 GB video iPod)
unless
+ the <quote>usefree</quote> option is passed at mount time.
+ However, this is currently
+ <ulink
url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2891";>impossible</ulink>
+ to achieve without adding all possible removable devices into
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, because default mount options are
+ hard-coded in the <command>exo-mount</command> program.</para>
+
+ <para>Also, the automounter throws cryptic HAL error messages at the user
+ when the user
+ <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2968";>presses
+ the Eject button on a CD-ROM drive</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Installation instructions below make sure that HAL is not used as a
+ volume manager even if found.</para>
+
+ <para><ulink url="http://www.galago-project.org/";>libnotify</ulink>
provides
+ support for desktop notifications. The only source of such notifications in
+ Xfce itself is <command>Thunar</command>, which (if compiled with HAL)
+ notifies the user when it is safe to remove the media. However, HAL
+ dependency is unwanted, as explained above. Additionally, in order to
+ actually see the notifications, one needs to compile
+ <ulink
url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/notification-daemon-xfce";>notification-daemon-xfce</ulink>,
+ which depends upon <ulink
url="http://www.chipx86.com/wiki/Libsexy";>libsexy</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <command>xfce4-tips</command> command from
+ the <xref linkend="xfce4-session"/> package uses
+ <ulink url="http://www.redellipse.net/code/fortune";>Fortune</ulink>
+ in order to display tips and funny quotes on startup. However,
+ it is buggy:
+ <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020";>does not
remember</ulink>
+ the preference what to display
+ (tips or quotes), and does not display non-English quotes correctly
+ in non-UTF-8 locales. For these reasons, installation of this
+ nearly-useless program is disabled below.</para>
+
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce"/></para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Xfce</title>
+
+ <para>Build and install the Xfce components in the order listed above by
issuing
+ the following commands for each package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/xfce4-tips/d' Makefile.in &&
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
+ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 --enable-debug=no \
+ --disable-python --enable-session-screenshots \
+ --with-sound=alsa --disable-hal --with-volume-manager=none &&
make</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Arguments that make no sense for a package (e.g.,
+ <parameter>--with-sound=alsa</parameter> for
+ <xref linkend="xfce4-dev-tools"/>) are slently ignored, and thus
+ they are harmless.</para>
+
+ <para>If you use <xref linkend="gdm"/> as your display manager and would
+ like to be able to log into an <application>Xfce</application> session from
+ the GDM login screen, pass the <parameter>--enable-gdm</parameter> option
to
+ the <application>xfce-utils</application>-&xfce-version;
+ <command>configure</command> script (requires <xref linkend="which"/> to be
+ installed at run time).</para>
+
<para>Also, <application>xfprint</application> can be configured with
<parameter>--enable-cups</parameter> if you have <xref linkend="cups"/>
installed.</para>
- <para>And then as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
+ <para>After building a package, run as the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
- <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, move the
+ <para>When all packages are built and installed,
+ as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, move the
help documentation to the standard BLFS location and modify the help
script to
look for it there:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>mv -vf /usr/share/xfce4/doc
/usr/share/doc/xfce4 &&
sed -i '[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/xfce4@'
/usr/bin/xfhelp4</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Run the following command as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user in order
+ to change the actions bound to multimedia keys
+ to use the <command>amixer</command> command from <xref
linkend="alsa-utils"/>
+ instead of the old OSS-only
+ <command>aumix</command> program:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/aumix -v\([+-]\?\)\([^"]*\)/amixer
set Master \2%\1/' \
+ /usr/share/xfce-mcs-plugins/shortcuts/default.xml</userinput></screen>
+
+ <note><para>Users of Intel HD Audio onboard sound chips should replace
+ <quote>Master</quote> with <quote>PCM</quote> in the command above,
+ because such chips have no Master control.</para></note>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
@@ -227,33 +404,63 @@
<application>xfce4-session</application> requires this parameter to
install some utility programs to the correct location.</para>
+ <para><parameter>--disable-hal</parameter>: disables <xref linkend="hal"/>
+ support in <xref linkend="exo"/>.</para>
+
+ <para><parameter>--with-volume-manager=none</parameter>: disables <xref
linkend="hal"/>
+ support in <xref linkend="Thunar"/>.</para>
+
+ <para><parameter>--disable-python</parameter>: disables building <xref
linkend="python"/>
+ bindings in <xref linkend="exo"/>.</para>
+
+ <para><parameter>--enable-session-screenshots</parameter>: allows <xref
linkend="xfce4-session"/>
+ to create screenshots on logout.</para>
+
+ <para><parameter>--with-sound=alsa</parameter>: tells <xref
linkend="xfce4-mixer"/>
+ to use the sound system native to Linux.</para>
+
+ <para><command>sed -i '/xfce4-tips/d' Makefile.in</command>: disables the
build
+ of the useless <command>xfce4-tips</command> program.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
- <title>Configuring XFce</title>
+ <title>Configuring Xfce</title>
<sect3 id='xfce-config'>
+ <title>Config files</title>
+ <para><application>Xfce</application> looks for its configuration files
+ in <filename class="directory">~/.config</filename> and
+ <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename> directories. Thus, for
+ changing system-wide default preferences, create or edit files in
+ <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename>, using the contents
+ of <filename class="directory">~/.config</filename> as a model.</para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
- <para><application>XFce</application> will look for the theme index from
+ <para><application>Xfce</application> will look for the theme index from
<xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> at run-time. Ensure you install the
- package before launching <application>XFce</application>.</para>
+ package before launching <application>Xfce</application>. Also, Xfce
comes
+ with SVG icons specific to it. Installation of <xref linkend="librsvg"/>
is
+ required in order to avoid broken icons.</para>
<para>Issue the command below to create an <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
file which will automatically run the appropriate
- <application>XFce</application> programs when the
+ <application>Xfce</application> programs when the
<application>X</application> Window system is launched. Be sure to backup
your existing <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file before
proceeding.</para>
-<screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
-<literal>xfce-mcs-manager
-xfwm4 --daemon
-xftaskbar4 &
-xfdesktop &
-exec xfce4-panel</literal>
-EOF</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>echo "exec startxfce4" >~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
+ <para>In order to allow all users to shut down and reboot the computer
+ from Xfce, install <xref linkend="sudo"/> and, using the
+ <command>visudo</command> command, add the following line to the
+ <filename>/etc/sudoers</filename> file:</para>
+
+<screen>ALL ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper ""</screen>
+
<indexterm zone="xfce xfce-config">
<primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -262,6 +469,45 @@
</sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Further steps</title>
+ <para>Many useful programs, panel plugins, and themes for
+ Xfce4 are available from the
+ <ulink url="http://goodies.xfce.org/";>Xfce Goodies Project</ulink>
+ web site. You may want to install:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem><para><ulink
url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-mount-plugin";>Xfce4
mount plugin</ulink>:
+ a panel plugin that allows to mount and unmount filesystems
+ listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, and also shows
+ the amount of free disk space.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><ulink
url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin";>Xfce4
Net Load plugin</ulink>:
+ a panel plugin that shows the current load of the network
+ interfaces of your choice.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><ulink
url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin";>Xfce4 XKB
plugin</ulink>:
+ a panel plugin that displays the current keyboard layout
+ and allows to change it with a single mouse click.</para></listitem>
+
+<!-- uncomment when they update for libburn-0.4.0
+
+ <listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfburn/";>Xfburn</ulink>:
+ a data CD burner for Xfce
+ (needs <ulink url="http://libburnia.pykix.org/";>libburn and
libisofs</ulink>).<para></listitem>
+
+-->
+
+ <listitem><para><ulink
url="http://xarchiver.xfce.org/";>Xarchiver</ulink>:
+ a graphical front-end for most archivers.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><ulink
url="http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfmedia";>Xfmedia</ulink>:
+ a media player based on <xref linkend="xine-lib"/>. Video support is
buggy,
+ compiling with CFLAGS="-O0" may or may not help.</para></listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
@@ -271,279 +517,24 @@
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>fgr, scramble, startxfce4, xfbook, xfbook4, xfcalendar,
- xfce-mcs-manager, xfce-setting-show, xfce4-about,
- xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-iconbox, xfce4-kiosk-query,
- xfce4-menueditor, xfce4-mixer, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
- xfce4-session-logout, xfce4-tips, xfdesktop, xfdiff4, xffm,
- xffrequent, xffrequent4, xffstab, xffstab4, xfglob4, xfhelp4,
- xflock4, xfmime-edit, xfmountdev4, xfrecent, xfrecent4,
- xfprint-manager, xfprint4, xfrun4, xfsamba4, xftaskbar4,
- xfterm4, xftrash4, xftree4, and xfwm4</seg>
- <seg id='xfcelibs'>libxfce4util.{a,so}, libdbh.{a,so},
libxfcegui4.{a,so},
- libxfce4mcs.{a,so}, libxffm_actions.so, libxffm_basic.so,
libxffm_calls.so,
- libxffm_cpy.so, libxffm_on_demand.so, libxffm_secondary.so,
libxffm_tubo.so,
+ <seg>more than 50 binaries and scripts</seg>
+ <seg id='xfcelibs'>libexo-0.3.{a,so},
+ libexo-hal-0.3.{a,so},
+ libthunar-vfs-1.{a,so},
+ libthunarx-1.{a,so},
+ libxfce4mcs-client.{a,so},
+ libxfce4mcs-manager.{a,so},
+ libxfce4panel.{a,so},
+ libxfce4util.{a,so},
+ libxfcegui4.{a,so},
libxfsm-4.2.{a,so}</seg>
- <seg>/usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/doc/xfce4, /usr/share/xfce4,
/usr/share/xffm
+
+ <seg>/usr/lib/thunarx-1, /usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/doc/xfce4,
/usr/share/xfce4, /usr/share/Terminal,
+ /usr/share/Thunar, /usr/share/orage, /usr/share/xfce-mcs-plugins,
/usr/share/xfce4-menueditor,
and /usr/share/xfwm4</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxfce4util">libxfce4util.[a,so]</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libdbh">libdbh.[a,so]</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxfcegui4">libxfcegui4.[a,so]</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxfce4mcs">libxfce4mcs.[a,so]</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_actions.so">libxffm_actions.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_basic.so">libxffm_basic.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_calls.so">libxffm_calls.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_cpy.so">libxffm_cpy.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_on_demand.so">libxffm_on_demand.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_secondary.so">libxffm_secondary.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxffm_tubo.so">libxffm_tubo.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfcelibs">
- <primary sortas="c-libxfsm-4.2.so">libxfsm-4.2.[a,so]</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <variablelist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
- <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
- <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-
- <varlistentry id="fgr">
- <term><command>fgr</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is a file content search engine for
- <command>xffm</command>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce fgr">
- <primary sortas="b-fgr">fgr</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="startxfce4">
- <term><command>startxfce4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is a script which starts up the
<application>XFce</application> Desktop
- Environment.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce startxfce4">
- <primary sortas="b-startxfce4">startxfce4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfce-mcs-manager">
- <term><command>xfce-mcs-manager</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is the settings manager for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-mcs-manager">
- <primary sortas="b-xfce-mcs-manager">xfce-mcs-manager</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfce4-about">
- <term><command>xfce4-about</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>displays the about box.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-about">
- <primary sortas="b-xfce4-about">xfce4-about</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfce4-session">
- <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>saves the state of your desktop and restores it when you next
start
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-session">
- <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfce-setting-show">
- <term><command>xfce-setting-show</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>displays the settings for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfce-setting-show">
- <primary sortas="b-xfce-setting-show">xfce-setting-show</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfce4-panel">
- <term><command>xfce4-panel</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is the panel manager for <application>XFce</application>.
- It contains the launcher, clock, mail check, desktop switcher and
- separator programs.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfce4-panel">
- <primary sortas="b-xfce4-panel">xfce4-panel</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfdesktop">
- <term><command>xfdesktop</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para> is the desktop manager for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfdesktop">
- <primary sortas="b-xfdesktop">xfdesktop</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfhelp4">
- <term><command>xfhelp4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is script that launches a HTML browser to
- display online documentation. It requires <command>which</command> to
- run.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfhelp4">
- <primary sortas="b-xfhelp4">xfhelp4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xflock4">
- <term><command>xflock4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is a script used to lock the current screen during drag
- and drop actions.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xflock4">
- <primary sortas="b-xflock4">xflock4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfmountdev4">
- <term><command>xfmountdev4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>mounts a device on the specified mount point and launches
- <command>xftree4</command>, then unmounts the device when
- <command>xftree4</command> finishes.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfmountdev4">
- <primary sortas="b-xfmountdev4">xfmountdev4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfrun4">
- <term><command>xfrun4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is the program launcher for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfrun4">
- <primary sortas="b-xfrun4">xfrun4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfsamba4">
- <term><command>xfsamba4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para> is the <application>Samba</application> front end for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfsamba4">
- <primary sortas="b-xfsamba4">xfsamba4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xftaskbar4">
- <term><command>xftaskbar4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is the taskbar manager for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xftaskbar4">
- <primary sortas="b-xftaskbar4">xftaskbar4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfterm4">
- <term><command>xfterm4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is a small terminal wrapper to be used as a drag and drop
- action for the <application>XFce</application> front panel. It
requires
- <command>which</command> to run.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfterm4">
- <primary sortas="b-xfterm4">xfterm4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xftrash4">
- <term><command>xftrash4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is a small binary to be used as a drag and drop action for the
- <application>XFce</application> front panel.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xftrash4">
- <primary sortas="b-xftrash4">xftrash4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xffm">
- <term><command>xffm</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is the file manager for <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xffm">
- <primary sortas="b-xftree4">xffm</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="xfwm4">
- <term><command>xfwm4</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is an <application>X11</application> window manager for
- <application>XFce</application>.</para>
- <indexterm zone="xfce xfwm4">
- <primary sortas="b-xfwm4">xfwm4</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
</sect2>
</sect1>
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