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Mark76

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Xfdashboard

Hasn't been patched or updated in over 4 years

Isn't in the repos for Debian Trixie

Is it still a thing?

Last edited by Mark76 (2026-10-06 14:37:34)

ToZ

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Re: Xfdashboard

Yes, its still an active project. Commit history is here (https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboar … its/master). Although there have been some minor housekeeping patches, there has not been any major work since August of last year.

Isn't in the repos for Debian Trixie

This is probably more of a Debian question than an Xfce question.

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eriefisher

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Re: Xfdashboard

As far as I can see the Debian repos don't provide Xfdashboard. You could put in a package request through the bug report system.

You may find a .deb from another Debian based distro such as Ubuntu but no guarantee it will work properly or at all. Building it is also an option and maybe creating a .deb. The dependencies shouldn't be a problem.

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Mark76

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Re: Xfdashboard

As far as I can see the Debian repos don't provide Xfdashboard. You could put in a package request through the bug report system.

You may find a .deb from another Debian based distro such as Ubuntu but no guarantee it will work properly or at all. Building it is also an option and maybe creating a .deb. The dependencies shouldn't be a problem.

I installed it from source but the libs didn't install.  Not sure what to do about that.

eriefisher

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Re: Xfdashboard

Installing from source will not bring in dependencies. They must be install manually with apt get. Same goes for building, you need to manually install the tools and the header files(dev).

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Mark76

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Re: Xfdashboard

Installing from source will not bring in dependencies. They must be install manually with apt get. Same goes for building, you need to manually install the tools and the header files(dev).

I checked Synaptic and libxfdashbaord isn't in there.  No idea how to get it

eriefisher

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Re: Xfdashboard

No that wouldn't be in the repo.

https://github.com/Xubuntu/xfdashboard/ … fdashboard

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