Installation log: Debian + Xfce 4.10

Xfce 4.10 brings us many news of which I am already enjoying in Debian Testing, but unfortunately, to achieve this I had to compile the packages because in the repository of Debian, are only available (mostly) en Experimental.

What I did was, first of all, a normal installation of Debian, with the difference that, in the step that we will see in the following image, I unchecked the option Graphical Desktop Environment.

In this way, an installation is made as if it were a NetInstall, and we must and putting what we want little by little.

First step: Configuration of the repositories.

The first step after installing Debian, is to configure the repositories that we are going to use. In my case, I will use those of Debian Testing, and Debian Media, which I have in a local copy on the servers where I work. Assuming that we already rebooted, and we accessed using the Root account, I only have to configure the file / Etc / apt / sources.list.

# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Once the file is opened, I delete all its content using the [Ctrl] + [K] keys, and add the following lines:

deb http://debian.ipichcb.rimed.cu/testing testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.ipichcb.rimed.cu/debian-multimedia testing main

I save with [Ctrl] + [O] and exit the editor with [Ctrl] + [X]. Later I update:

# aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade

Once this process is finished, I reboot the computer and then install the necessary dependencies to successfully compile Xfce 4.10 in Debian Testing.

Second step: Installing the dependencies to compile.

We execute:

# aptitude install build-essential intltool pkg-config libalglib-dev libglib2.0-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libx11-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev x11-xserver-utils libgudev-1.0-dev libnotify-dev libnotify-bin libvte-dev libxtst-dev

This will install the necessary tools to compile. When finished, we install some tools or supplies that we need to work more comfortably (and others that I use daily):

# aptitude install sudo bash-completion mc rcconf ccze rar unrar bzip2 zip unzip p7zip-rar xz-utils binutils cpio unace lzma lzip ncompress corkscrew cryptkeeper pwgen htop

Finished this part, then we go on to compile.

Third step: Compile Xfce 4.10.

To compile, I used the following script:
[code = »bash»] cd / root &&
wget http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10/fat_tarballs/xfce-4.10.tar.bz2 &&
tar xfvj xfce-4.10.tar.bz2 &&
cd src / &&

tar xfvj libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd libxfce4util-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfconf-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd libxfce4ui-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd exo-0.8.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd garcon-0.2.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
mkdir -p / etc / xdg / menus /
cp data / xfce / xfce-applications.menu / etc / xdg / menus / &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-panel-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd Thunar-1.4.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-session-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr –enable-libgnome-keyring &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-settings-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –enable-sound-settings –enable-pluggable-dialogs –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfdesktop-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfwm4-4.10.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2 &&
cd tumbler-0.1.25 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd thunar-volman-0.8.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

tar xfvj xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
Cd ..
[/ code] Depending on our Hardware, this will take us around 20 minutes to complete. Now, we have installed Xfce 4.10, we only have to install the X or with a Session manager.

# aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg lightdm

Obviously I use graphics Intel, and how Session manager would be more suitable SLiMBut Debian presents a problem with policykit that does not allow to activate the buttons Shutdown / Restart de Xfce.

We can now restart and start using Xfce 4.10. But wait, there are still things to do, because we will not have some of the necessary tools to work. That is why I made another Script, to install some plugins for the panel and other applications.

[code = »bash»] wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/terminal/0.4/Terminal-0.4.8.tar.bz2
tar xfvj Terminal-0.4.8.tar.bz2 &&
cd Terminal-0.4.8 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/thunar-plugins/thunar-archive-plugin/0.3/thunar-archive-plugin-0.3.0.tar.bz2
tar xfvj thunar-archive-plugin-0.3.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd thunar-archive-plugin-0.3.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin/1.2/xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.2.3.tar.bz2
tar xfvj xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.2.3.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.2.3 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfce4-notifyd/0.2/xfce4-notifyd-0.2.2.tar.bz2
tar xfvj xfce4-notifyd-0.2.2.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-notifyd-0.2.2 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.3/xfce4-places-plugin-1.3.0.tar.bz2
tar xfvj xfce4-places-plugin-1.3.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-places-plugin-1.3.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfce4-screenshooter/1.8/xfce4-screenshooter-1.8.1.tar.bz2
tar xfvj xfce4-screenshooter-1.8.1.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-screenshooter-1.8.1 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd .. &&

wget http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfce4-taskmanager/1.0/xfce4-taskmanager-1.0.0.tar.bz2
tar xfvj xfce4-taskmanager-1.0.0.tar.bz2 &&
cd xfce4-taskmanager-1.0.0 / &&
./configure –prefix = / usr &&
make &&
make install &&
Cd ..
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If everything goes well, we can restart. If not, also, only later we will have to install the necessary dependency to compile the package that may have failed. But wait, let's do everything at once 😀

Step Four: Install the rest of the applications.

I only have to install the rest of the applications that I use normally. For this I use apt-get with parameter –No-install-recommends, in this way I install only what is necessary from each package.

# Appearance and Gtk #
##############
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-aurora gtk2-engines-murrine gtk2-engines-pixbuf gtk3-engines-unico gnome-brave-icon-theme gnome-dust-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-extras

# Drivers for audio and video #
######################

#apt-get install --no-install-recommends linux-sound-base gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-nice gstreamer0.10-gconf gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-base pulseaudio alsa-base lame ffmpeg

# Players #
##############

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends audacious gnome-mplayer

# Fonts #
###########

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends fonts-droid fonts-liberation ttf-freefonts ttf-dejavu

# Language packs and dictionaries #
############################

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends aspell-es

# Applications #
############

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends gmrun galculator leafpad gigolo gvfs-backends gvfs gksu gparted medit xarchiver libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-l10n-es libreoffice-writer

# Graphics #
##########

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends inkscape gimp mirage epdfview

# Internet #
##########

# apt-get install --no-install-recommends hotot pidgin xchat

Ready. There will always be applications that I install later, but here I only show the fundamental ones. For the last I always leave Firefox y Thunderbird, which I install in Debian using this method.

Now yes, to restart 😀

Step Five: Customizing Xfce.

Now we just have to customize our desktop a bit. For this we can be guided by the following articles:

1. Xfce Desktop Icon Transparencies

2. 5 ways to resize windows in Xubuntu or Xfce

3. Use the Xfce panel as a lightweight and practical dock

4. Manually change the position of the Xfwm buttons

5. Volume up and down with keyboard in Xfce with amixer

6. Open the Xfce applications menu with a key

7. Replacing Xfrun for GMRun in Xfce

8. Replace Thunar and Xfdesktop with Nautilus in Xfce

9. Show full name of files on Xfce desktop

10. 5 beautiful themes with gray tones for Xfwm

11. I have a mouse on my desktop: Xfce Guide

12. Set cursor theme in Xfce

13. Creating a file browser for Thunar with Zenity