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[Tony]

Mark Welker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I always get the source tarball.
>
> The only problem you might have is how Mandrake does the configure.
> I don't use Mandrake so, I can't help with that.
> The problem may be if you do not use the right options you will
> have xfce files of different versions in different places.
>
> I use Slackware. I get the source and make a slack package so it
> can be install on all of my boxes.
> I checked where Slackware put the files for xfce before I ran configure.
> That way when I use upgradepkg for Slackware I was really upgrading.
>
> If you don't know how to find where xfce files are now on your box.
> You can experiment, look, and learn.
> Or get a Mandrake RPM of xfce for your version of Mandrake.
>
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Tony wrote:
>
>
> >Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> >
> >
> >>xfce3 still works. It even comes with Mdk9 but you'd better use the rpm
> >>I ship on xfce.sf.net
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>Olivier.
> >>
> >>On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:43, Tony wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>   This may be a bit off topic, but...I am going to upgrade to mandrake
> >>>9.0. Do I need XFCE4 or will XFCE3.x.x still work?
> >
> >If I download xfce*.gz and compile on my box, will that work? Or must I
> >use the rpm? I try to avoid using rpm's...
> >
> >
> >--
> >
> >Tony
> >
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Thanks Mark. I know how to find where rpm installes xfce.


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Tony

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