Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 35. Xfce Desktop

xfce4-panel-4.12.2

Introduction to Xfce4 Panel

The Xfce4 Panel package contains the Xfce4 Panel.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

Xfce4 Panel Dependencies

Required

Exo-0.12.2, Garcon-0.6.1, libwnck-2.30.7 and libxfce4ui-4.12.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.28

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xfce4-panel

Installation of Xfce4 Panel

Install Xfce4 Panel by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-gtk3 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: xfce4-panel, xfce4-popup-directorymenu, xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu and xfce4-popup-windowmenu
Installed Library: libxfce4panel-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel, /usr/include/xfce4/libxfce4panel-1.0, /usr/lib/xfce4/panel, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxfce4panel-1.0 and /usr/share/xfce4/panel

Short Descriptions

xfce4-panel

is the Xfce panel.

xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu

is a shell script that uses D-Bus and Xfce Panel to display a popup menu of the installed applications.

xfce4-popup-directorymenu

is a shell script that uses D-Bus and Xfce Panel to display a popup menu of your home folder and its subdirectories.

xfce4-popup-windowmenu

is a shell script that uses DBus to display the Xfwm4 a popup menu.

libxfce4panel-1.0.so

contains the Xfce Panel API functions.

Last updated on 2018-08-22 16:17:20 -0700