Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

[Taz]

Have heard a lot of comments on the window manager and would like to take a look at it. Can it be gotten with apt-get and if so, whats would you ask it to get?
Taz

[snoopyZ]

Install XFCE

Not sure if it can be gotten with apt-get, but here is how I did it. Hope I didn't leave anything out.

First you will need to install the following packages:

libncurses5-dev
libsm-dev
libice-dev
libdbh1.0-dev
a2ps
libxpm-dev
libvte-dev
libgtk2.0-dev
dbus-1-dev
libxml2-dev
dbus-glib-1-dev

You may or may not need all of them, or you may need more, see below.

Then download and install the following (there are instructions on how to install them on the sites):

xfce4-4.2.1.1-installer.bin
gtk2-xfce-engine-4.2.1-installer.bin
xfce-goodies-4.2.1-installer.bin
Terminal-0.2.4-installer.bin

During the installation of the above items, if you require more packages, it will tell you.

After you finish installing, you can log out of your current desktop and choose the xfce session. Hope this helps.

[Patrick]

Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

I think:

sudo apt-get install xfce4

Should do it... at least on Breezy...

[Firetech]

Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

I think:

sudo apt-get install xfce4

Should do it... at least on Breezy...

It's the same on hoary

[Baghera]

Re: Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

You could also do this apt-get in breezy:

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

then you will get XFCE and the basic applications for it, terminal, mediaplayer etc.

Read more about the xubuntu project at

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu

I have it installed on my old laptop, it runs great.

[buildid]

Re: Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

debian packages works for me

[treris]

Re: Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

I'm thinking about installing xubuntu on old computer I have lying aroung, but it does not have a direct internet connection, does anybody know whether the xfce packages are available from the dvd or whether there is another way of installing xubuntu offline?

thanks in advance

[aysiu]

Re: Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

You can get it through Synaptic, but you have to enable extra repositories first. Then you can

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4

[eMuNiX]

Re: Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

If its a fresh install why not go the whole hog and install Xubuntu >> here are the instructions for a netinstall

[aged hippy]

Re: Where can XFCE window manager be DLed

I don't like to interrupt, jacklin, but i'm surprised you could see this thread through all the rust.