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Re: [debian-knoppix] XFCE4 in Knoppix?



On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 06:00:22PM +0200, ml wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply!
> 
> On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 03:08:57PM +0200, Klaus Knopper wrote:
> > Yes, I tried it about 2 months ago, and it was VERY "light weight", i.e.
> > it had no functionality, no configuration interface, no icon management
> 
> You might have made the the same mistake than me :-) ...and
> installed only the xfce4 deb.  That's the list of debs, I
> have installed on my sid box:
> 
> gtk2-engines-xfce
> libxfce4mcs-client-0
> libxfce4mcs-manager-0
> libxfce4util-0
> libxfcegui4-0
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^This is new for me.

> xfce4
> xfce4-iconbox
> xfce4-mcs-manager
> xfce4-mcs-plugins
> xfce4-themes
> xfce4-utils
> xfwm4
> xfwm4-themes

I tried most of these, though.

I wonder why there is no dependency package that installs everything
necessary.

> One might leave out the '*engines*' and '*themes*'.  Debian
> should have an xfce4-desktop meta package.

It didn't when I looked last time.
Also, the libxfce* packages look new to me, but seem to be present now.

> > Mainly /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig (for allowing this type of
> > desktop) and /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession (to start the WM
> > accordingly).
> 
> Thanks, I will try it out!

Please let me know if xfce4 is a usable replacement for xfce3 already,
after your tests.

Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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