Yeah you gonna have to download xfce's package. Normally the best way would be to be something along the lines of
I assume thats the package in the repository but I can't be sure.

If you are going to download into a CC machine, you have to download the source from the xfce website and take it back to you computer and compile it. I suggest you download the dependencies found on the website before you start compiling.

Once you have installed it, its just a matter of getting your login manager to point to the correct window manager.

I've downloaded the (xfce-4.10.tar.bz2) from the xfce website, unpack it in Debian and now i have this multiple files showing up.

exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2
exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2.md5
exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2.sha1
garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2
garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2.md5
garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2.sha1
gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2
gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2.md5
gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2.sha1
libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2
libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2
libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2
Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2.md5
Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2.sha1
thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2
thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2.md5
thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2.sha1
tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2
tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2.md5
tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-dev-tools-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-dev-tools-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-dev-tools-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1

What to do next ?

Oh my, are those sources? Can't you just apt-get install?

Yup, sure looks like the source. The only thing you can do now is go into each tarball and extract and compile each component.

Buiding from source is very painful but a educational experience. That being said, don't forget the dependencies or else each time you compile a part you will suffer.

Egads, Farkinid, you are making that poor guy compile a whole DE?

Considering it's Debian, XFCE should already be available in the repositories...

You can configure Synaptic (should already be in a stock Debian installation I think, else use the apt-get method) to generate a list of files you can download. Here's a quick run-down on how:

As for the apt-get method:



There. Quite tedious, but should be a bit more comfortable than having to download the source tarballs elsewhere, and compile it from scratch.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Sep 18 2012, 09:09 PM

Actually.... the only reason he has to do this is because his computer has little to no intahwebs connection. So he is stuck with the manual way. Download from somewhere and then install

Then, I think he can use this to simplify things

p/s: Script not tested.

What about the build dependencies?

He should read the README file first to check whether any external packages is required and install the dependencies before build process. If nothing is listed, then the only way I know is to look at the errors.

Hmm this might work unless :-

• not all components are stored in tar.bz2 files but rather zip and/or tar.bz files
• some components use cmake instead of make

I'm not use to cmake.
He should examine the directories first (with find, grep etc) and make suitable adjustment to the script.

Sorry for the late response everyone, like I mention before, I have one SLOW AND UNRELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTION.

Regarding Lord Tiki Mick's code, this is the response :


So, after countless failure (probably due to my lack of Super Cow Powers), I've decided to just go the easy way and try to download and install XFCE through my slow internet........also with no success as terminal greets me with this prompt:

apt-get method:


aptitude method:


Also, forgot to tell that I installed Debian using the CD version (not the DVD), dunno if that helps or not.

(P.S. - Got any fun linux easter egg to share in the meanwhile)

No, it's my fault for giving you an untested script. bzip2 should use 'j' option, not 'z'. It should be like this:

P/s: The last line probably wont work if the tarballs are not using Makefile. :/

For the aptitute method, you should first search xfce pakage name, you do it like so

Again, stuck with the third command with this response:

Response:Then what?

I forgot to put "\;" it should be

Then nothing, It didn't display anything useful.

p/s: If you get errors again, please consider to read the man page.

I'll leave the install script to Lord Tiki Mick.

As for the download from the repo, I'm assuming this is a brand new install. So the first thing you have to do is remove the CD-s as a source of data. The 2nd thing is to point to a correct repository. So use gedit or nano or (if you brave) vi to edit your /etc/apt/source.list

Put a hash in front of any part that says "deb cdrom" and add in an online repository. After you are done, it should look something like this :-


The example is what I'm using, although my sources.list have more entries from other repositories. After you have edited the sources.list, run a "apt-get update" and then "apt-cache search xfce". You should see something like my screenshot. Then run "apt-get install xfce4".

HAHA.. woops, my picture highlighted the wrong thing. Its xfce4, a few lines above the highlighted one. Also, use sudo if you have to run the update and install.

This post has been edited by farkinid: Oct 1 2012, 12:09 PM


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Atau gi je direct ke http://pkgs.org/

untuk latest software, boleh update dari repository daripada personal blogs.. risiko kena bug tinggi

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