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HosAdeeb

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From: Cairo, Egypt

Registered: 2025-07-15

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Unclear how to add Indicator to Panel [SOLVED]

Hi there,
I've just downloaded, compiled, and installed xfce4-indicator-plugin on my Mageia 9 linux box.  Still, I cannot find it in the list of items available in the Panel items, even after logging out and in again.

Could you please help? Is there anything I should do, or should have done, other than meson build and install?

Thanks a million for your support!

Hosam Adeeb Nashed

Last edited by HosAdeeb (2025-07-15 14:14:20)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,214

Re: Unclear how to add Indicator to Panel [SOLVED]

Hello and welcome.

What version of Xfce does Mageia 9 run?

In recent versions of Xfce, the inidicator plugin has been superseded by the Status Tray Plugin - that will support indicators and should be part of the default install.

compiled, and installed xfce4-indicator-plugin

How? What commands did you use?

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HosAdeeb

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Re: Unclear how to add Indicator to Panel [SOLVED]

Installed is XFCE 4.18.  I do use the Status Tray, but recently Dropbox insists on using AppIndicator specifically.  That's the reason I downloaded that other plugin.

To install the plugin, I followed the steps mentioned in the README file:

    % tar xf xfce4-indicator-plugin-<version>.tar.xz
    % cd xfce4-indicator-plugin-<version>
    % meson setup build
    % meson compile -C build
    % sudo meson install -C build

ToZ

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Re: Unclear how to add Indicator to Panel [SOLVED]

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Installing panel-plugin/libindicator-plugin.so to /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins
Installing panel-plugin/indicator.desktop to /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins
...

Where did these end up on your system? If in /usr/local, then you will to need specify a prefix in your meson setup command:

meson setup --prefix=/usr build

...or after the fact:

meson setup --reconfigure --prefix=/usr build
meson compile -C build
sudo meson install -C build

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HosAdeeb

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Re: Unclear how to add Indicator to Panel [SOLVED]

Done!  Now I can see the plugin and add it to the panel.

Thanks a million!  :-)

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