Xfce 4.4 on Cygwin
Nick Deubert
ndeubert at gmail.com
Fri Oct 20 21:27:31 CEST 2006
> - From time to time, we're are asked about Xfce on Cygwin...
>
> I took some time myself, booting in Windows, installing Cygwin,
> downloading Xfce source from current SVN trunk so I could try and see by
> myself.
>
> It took me quite a few time, but I can say that Xfce 4.4 can be built
> and ran on Cygwin. It's not necessarily easy, but it's doable...
>
> It requires a fairly recent Cygwin installation with all libraries and
> headers, and a bit of time to waste.
>
> The following patches are needed and should be included sooner than later.
>
> http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2432
> http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2433
> http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2446
>
> Obligatory screen shot:
>
> http://www.foo-projects.org/~olivier/screenshots/xfce4-4.4RC-cygwin.png
>
> PS: I did not bother building DBUS on Cygwin, so there is no desktop
> icon support. Maybe the next time.
Thank you very much for posting this information. I've had some
trouble in the past getting a working version of 4.4 on cygwin, but
now I can just build it myself. By the way do you happen to know which
mirror you used for installing cygwin, and which version of gtk you
installed?
Thanks
Nick
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