xfwm problem?

[Nikolas Arend]

Vincent Groenewold wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>     That looks a bit odd, every component should install three files in
>     /usr/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/, one dynamic lib (.so), one static lib
>     (.a)
>     and a libtool file (.la), like
>
>  
> Sorry, I was in a hurry for work. The modules all have the .so .a and 
> .la, the only thing is that there are only a couple.
>  
>
>     Well, is that necessary, just because your xfce installation went
>     wrong?
>     You could get the xfce4.2 sources, configure them using the same
>     prefix
>     and other configure options as you did before when installing 4.2 (you
>     actually don't have to build or install them) and do a clean uninstall
>     (make uninstall). Then reinstall xfce4.4 using the installer ;-)
>
>  
> Yep, I was also thinking about the installer. Only thing is that that 
> will not be via the official Gentoo way, but hey, I'm not doing 
> anything official anymore now. :)
>  
> I'll have a go at it again. Thanks!
If you didn't install 4.2 from source, but used Gentoo packages for 
that, you could reinstall and then uninstall them, hoping all 4.2 stuff 
is then gone, which should be the case.

Nick.