environment variables

[Brian J. Tarricone]

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Myles Green wrote:
> Hi,
> I used Brian's build script to install xfce4 from svn
> into /opt/xfce4-svn (the default) but I also have xfce4-4.2.2 installed
> in /usr. When I try and run /opt/xfce4-svn/bin/startxfce4 I end up with
> xfce4-4.2.2 instead. My best guess is that I need to set some
> environment variables prior to running /opt/xfce4-svn/bin/startxfce4,
> unfortunately I have no idea what 'they' might be. Currently my
> ~/.xinitrc contains only the line "exec /opt/xfce4-svn/bin/startxfce4"
> (aside from #!/bin/bash). Could some kind soul tell me what I need to
> add to that so I actually get xfce4-svn to run?

Mmm, I shoulda added a little info at the end to explain this.  I just
put up a new version[1] of the script that installs a script called
xfce4-svn-start that'll do env var setup for you and whatnot.  I haven't
really tested it, so don't assume it's your fault if it doesn't work ^_~.

If you're feeling lazy, this is the script (beware line wrapping):
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#!/bin/bash

xfce_prefix="/opt/xfce4-svn"
xfce_sysconfdir="/opt/xfce4-svn/etc"

export PATH="${xfce_prefix}/bin:${PATH}"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${xfce_prefix}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${xfce_prefix}/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"

test -z "${XDG_DATA_DIRS}" && \
    XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share"
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${xfce_prefix}/share:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"

test -z "${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}" && XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg"
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${xfce_sysconfdir}/xdg:${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}"

exec ${xfce_prefix}/bin/startxfce4
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	-brian

[1] http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfce4/files/xfce4svn.sh
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