Re: xfce

[Lourens Steenkamp <lourens@dorje.co.za>]

Lourens replying to Erik Jakobsen <eja@urbakken.dk> wrote:

>  steef wrote:
>  
>  > i do not understand!  when i do  apt-cache search xfce: i get a 
>  > 'cholesterol free dekstop-environment', and,
>  > kpackage under sarge installs xfce without any trouble. so: what is
>  > 
>  > wrong with your installed version of sarge? maybe that is better 
>  > question under circumstances.
>  >
>  > steef
>  >
>  >
>  Hi again.
>  
>  The xfce here is called xfce4, I could see running an apt-cache
>  search xfce. Now it looks like it installs:
>  
>  Erik Jakobsen wrote:
>  
>  # apt-get install xfce4
>  Reading Package Lists... Done
>  Building Dependency Tree... Done
>  The following extra packages will be installed:
>    gtk2-engines-xfce libdbh1.0-1 libxfce4mcs-client-1 
>  libxfce4mcs-manager-1 libxfce4util-1 libxfcegui4-1 xfce4-mcs-manager
>    xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-themes
>    xfce4-utils 
>  xfdesktop4 xffm4 xffm4-icons xfwm4 xfwm4-themes
>  Suggested packages:
>    sudo
>  Recommended packages:
>    xfce4-iconbox xfce4-mixer xfce4-systray xfce4-toys 
>  xfce4-trigger-launcher xfprint4 xfcalendar
>  
>  Thanks for opening my eyes :-)
>  
>  Erik Jakobsen
>  

I would also suggest that you do "apt-cache search xfce4" and install
all the xfce4 packages that look interesting to you. 

When booting, my machines start in the console and I use startx to 
run XFCE4. This will only work if you, as your normal user, in your home
directory, run/usr/bin/xfce4_setup
This will do make all the required changes to your config files.

Have fun


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