XFCE 4 updated in Debian package, latest version looks nice!

[Lane P. Lester]

Brian Masinick <masinick at yahoo.com> wrote:
> We probably have somewhat similar setups, so let me tell you what I
> did with my setup and hopefully that will help you out.

Thanks, Brian!

> First of all, some time ago I tried out a 0421 CVS build of XFCE 4. 
> It worked, but only had part of the functionality.  I made sure to 
> explicitly remove all the packages that I had installed.

I'm running 3.99.3 that I compiled. I was glad to see that my abortive
effort to install 4.0 did not break xfce completely.

> To assist me in all of these activities, I have synaptic installed.  I
> find that if I use synaptic to search for packages containing xfce, it
> locates all version 3 and 4 packages and their corresponding
> libraries.

I use synaptic a lot, but isn't it true that synaptic will find only
stuff that has been installed with the apt system? If so, then it
wouldn't find my compiled stuff.

I looked at "xfce" in synaptic, and it shows the 4.0 stuff with broken
dependencies.

> Feel free to either copy the forum or Email me if you continue to run 
> into problems; I'd be glad to help out and identify specific stuff,
> but hopefully this explanation will get it for you.  Best wishes, this
> stuff is WELL WORTH IT!

Yes, xfce4 is great. At least I have 3.99.3 running, so I hope I don't
lose it in my efforts to get 4.0.0 running! [grin]

Lane
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Lane P. Lester / Madison County, Georgia
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