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jemadux

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From: Greece

Registered: 2012-09-13

Posts: 13

how to install xfce & xfce apps on debian / devuan ?

hello there ... i am looking forward when the xfce 4.19 / 4.20   so i will
build it from sources ..

what is the best way to do ?
I don't want go to devuan testing .

how to build the sources to deb files ? or using ./configure && make && make install ?

sorry to ask about that ..but i would like know ..

Last edited by jemadux (2023-10-29 16:19:08)

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ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: how to install xfce & xfce apps on debian / devuan ?

Information on manually building Xfce 4.19 (git master) can be found here.

A few notes:

1. Since you are using a debian-based distro, make note that you will need to specify the "--libdir" parameter as debian splits 32 and 64 bit libraries into separate directories under /usr/lib.

2. Probably best to test in a VM install first until you get it working

3. Also a good idea to start with a base image with no existing Xfce packages installed (so they don't interfere).

There may be a debian-based repository of 4.19 packages, but I'm not aware of one. Perhaps someone else knows.

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eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 527

Re: how to install xfce & xfce apps on debian / devuan ?

Looks like at least most if not all of 4.19 is in the experimental repo. Might be worth a try. I wouldn't do it on a production system.

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jemadux

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From: Greece

Registered: 2012-09-13

Posts: 13

Re: how to install xfce & xfce apps on debian / devuan ?

Looks like at least most if not all of 4.19 is in the experimental repo. Might be worth a try. I wouldn't do it on a production system.

i don't want try it on production machine too ... if i want to make experiments i would use the testing / unstable branch of debian/devuan

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eriefisher

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Re: how to install xfce & xfce apps on debian / devuan ?

From unstable then I would just enable the experimental repo, update only what you need for xfce then disable the repo. Periodically repeat to keep in line with development.

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