Installing 4.2

[Benedikt Meurer]

James Lee wrote:
> Hi,

Hey James,

> I'm trying to install xfce 4.2 on Solaris 5.8 on Sun
> UltraSparc machine, using the new Installation Wizard.
> I only compile xfce
> Unfortunately, I have problems compiling xfce-mcs-plugins :
> 
> 
> In file included from /usr/include/string.h:18,
>                  from /depot/X11R6/include/X11/Xlibint.h:212,
>                  from display_plugin.c:29:
> /usr/include/iso/string_iso.h:62: parse error before '(' token
> /usr/include/iso/string_iso.h:62: `bcopy' declared as function returning a function
> /usr/include/iso/string_iso.h:62: conflicting types for `bcopy'
> /depot/X11R6/include/X11/Xfuncs.h:58: previous declaration of `bcopy'
> /usr/include/iso/string_iso.h:62: parse error before "char"
> gmake[3]: *** [display_plugin_la-display_plugin.lo] Error 1
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/xfce4-4.2.0-installer/xfce-mcs-plugins/plugins/display_plugin'
> gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/xfce4-4.2.0-installer/xfce-mcs-plugins/plugins'
> gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/xfce4-4.2.0-installer/xfce-mcs-plugins'
> gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> !! Failed to build xfce-mcs-plugins, see the errors above
> !! for details on the problem.
> 
> It seems there is a conflict in bcopy function in the system files.
> 
> My question : It appears that I probably don't need the plugins since 
> most of it won't run on the Solaris (short of compiling a lot more things).
> so how do I disable mcs-plugins in the installation wizard?

Just run the installer with --extract-only, cd to 
/tmp/xfce4-4.2.0-installer, make your modifications and run ./bootstrap.sh.

> Thanks.
> James.

HTH,
Benedikt

> p/s: the Installer terminal requires gtk+2.4, whereas all the others require
> only gtk+2.2. Shouldn't we make it consistent, otherwise someone may install it
> on 2.2 and then find that it won't work?

Terminal is targeted at Gtk+ 2.4 (mostly because it would have been a 
complete waste of time to reinvent the GtkAction framework), whereas 
Xfce 4.2.0 is targeted at 2.2.0.