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Installed Programs: lxqt-config-session, lxqt-leave, lxqt-session, and startlxqt
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None
Introduction to lxqt-session
The lxqt-session package contains the default session manager for LXQt.
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Note
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Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-session/releases/download/1.4.0/lxqt-session-1.4.0.tar.xz
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Download MD5 sum: b8a4d40eeaf6972cfa23467043e2f5c4
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Download size: 184 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 8.6 MB
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Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU
lxqt-session Dependencies
Required
liblxqt-1.4.0, (kwindowsystem-5.113.0 for lxqt or KDE Frameworks-5.113.0), qtxdg-tools-3.12.0, and Xdg-user-dirs-0.18
Installation of lxqt-session
Install lxqt-session by running the following commands:
sed -e '/TryExec/s|=|=/usr/bin/|' \
-i xsession/lxqt.desktop.in &&
mkdir -v build &&
cd build &&
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
.. &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
sed -e '/TryExec/s|=|='/usr'/bin/|' -i xsessions/lxqt.desktop.in: If you are using a display manager, the full path of the “TryExec” directive has to be given so that the LXQt desktop will appear in the sessions list.
Configuring lxqt-session
Window Managers other than openbox-3.6.1 may be used, e.g. Xfwm4-4.18.0. Please note that IceWM-3.4.5 is not a good substitute. Fluxbox does work, although in this context (with lxqt-config-1.4.0), openbox-3.6.1 is better. The configuration file /usr/share/lxqt/windowmanagers.conf comes with many examples of Window Managers and the ones which are installed will appear in a drop down list of lxqt-config-session. For the ones not included in /usr/share/lxqt/windowmanagers.conf, you can use lxqt-config-session's "search" button, e.g. for Fluxbox-1.3.7, navigating through the file system until you can choose fluxbox.