XfDesktop

Download Source:	http://www.xfce.org/archive/xfce-4.6.2/src/xfdesktop-4.6.2.tar.bz2

Introduction to XfDesktop

Xfdesktop is a desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.

Package Homepage: http://www.xfce.org

Dependencies

Required

• Xfce-Panel

Optional

• Exo
• Thunar

Configuration Information

The following options can be passed to the configure script to disable the default behavior.

--disable-desktop-icons: do not compile support for desktop icons.

--disable-file-icons: do not compile support for desktop file icons.

--disable-menueditor: do not build the menu editor.

--disable-desktop-menu: do not build the desktop menu module.

--disable-panel-plugin: do not build the panel plugin.

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=$XFCE_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc/xfce \
--libexecdir=${XFCE_PREFIX}/lib/xfdesktop &&
make

Install the package:

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d $XFCE_PREFIX/share/doc/xfdesktop &&
install -m644 README doc/README.kiosk $XFCE_PREFIX/share/doc/xfdesktop

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

USE_ARCH=32 CC="${BUILD32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}" \
./configure --prefix=$XFCE_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc/xfce \
--libexecdir=${XFCE_PREFIX}/lib/xfdesktop &&
make

Install the package:

make install

N32

Compile the package:

USE_ARCH=n32 CC="${BUILDN32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}" \
./configure --prefix=${XFCE_PREFIX} --libdir=${XFCE_PREFIX}/lib32 
--sysconfdir=/etc/xfce --libexecdir=${XFCE_PREFIX}/lib32/xfdesktop &&
make

Install the package:

make install

64Bit

Compile the package:

USE_ARCH=64 CC="${BUILD64}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" \
./configure --prefix=${XFCE_PREFIX} --libdir=${XFCE_PREFIX}/lib64
 --sysconfdir=/etc/xfce --libexecdir=${XFCE_PREFIX}/lib64/xfdesktop &&
make

Install the package:

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d $XFCE_PREFIX/share/doc/xfdesktop &&
install -m644 README doc/README.kiosk $XFCE_PREFIX/share/doc/xfdesktop

Configuring

Reference the README and README.kiosk files installed in $XFCE_PREFIX/share/doc/xfdesktop for configuration information.

Contents

Installed Directories:	$XFCE_PREFIX/lib{32,64}/xfdesktop, $XFCE_PREFIX/share/xfce4/backdrops,
Installed Programs:	xfce4-menueditor, xfce4-popup-menu
Installed Libraries:	backdrop_settings.{la,so}, xfce4_desktop_menu.{la,so}

Short Descriptions

xfce4-menueditor	Provides GUI for editing menu configuration files.
xfce4-popup-menu	Causes Xfce4-panel menus to "pop up".