debian package

[Neal]

On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 20:42:19 -0400
kanyon12 at netscape.net wrote:

> >  ~snip
> 
> I'm running xfce-3.8.16-2. All other window managers run fine.
> I have no experience messing too much with xfce, since the RH
> package set it up so easily, and I just configured it from there.
> Should I try the tarball instead?

An enthusiastic yes, by all means.
Here's my method:

go to http://www.xfce.org/download.html#TOP
get the "selected" CVS snapshot.

upzip/untar it and cd to xfce directory
./configure --enable-taskbar
make
su
dpkg -r xfce (to get rid of debian package)
make install
init 3
login as user
xfce_setup
startx (or startxfce)

-- 
Neal
Registered Linux User #159445, Libranet Linux 2.0/ext3/XFce
Athlon 800 MHz Desktop and Toshiba 2140XCDS laptop.