Recently XFCE developers announced release of XFCE 4.12, latest version of light weight desktop environment series specially designed for GNU/Linux, BSD distributions.
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| XFCE 4.12 In Fedora 21 |
In this article, I would like to share the steps to be followed for installing XFCE 4.12, on Fedora 20/21. Even though XFCE 4.12 is not officially available for Fedora, some Fedora contributors has prepared a repository for installing XFCE 4.12 on Fedora 20/21.
Step 1 : Install Copr XFCE4.12 Repository
First step for installing XFCE 4.12 is enabling Copr XFCE 4.12 repository. To enable Copr XFCE 4.12 repository, open terminal and type following command.
$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d
#Fedora 20 64bit and 32 bit
$ sudo wget https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/nonamedotc/xfce412/repo/fedora-20/nonamedotc-xfce412-fedora-20.repo
[password]
[password]
#Fedora 21 64bit and 32 bit
$ sudo wget https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/nonamedotc/xfce412/repo/fedora-21/nonamedotc-xfce412-fedora-21.repo
[password]
[password]
Step 2 : Install XFCE 4.12
Now, we can install XFCE 4.12 as usual using either yum or dnf.
$ sudo yum install -y @xfce-desktop
[password]
After downloading packages, a signature acceptance will be required before continuing with installation
Retrieving key from https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/nonamedotc/xfce412/pubkey.gpg
Importing GPG key 0x02E3DDFB:
Userid : "nonamedotc_xfce412 (None) <nonamedotc#xfce412@copr.fedorahosted.org>"
Fingerprint: a8fe 2ac0 d349 43a6 e5eb 0eaa b1e8 4877 02e3 ddfb
From : https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/nonamedotc/xfce412/pubkey.gpg
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Importing GPG key 0x02E3DDFB:
Userid : "nonamedotc_xfce412 (None) <nonamedotc#xfce412@copr.fedorahosted.org>"
Fingerprint: a8fe 2ac0 d349 43a6 e5eb 0eaa b1e8 4877 02e3 ddfb
From : https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/nonamedotc/xfce412/pubkey.gpg
Is this ok [y/N]: y
This signature can be accepted just by typing 'y'.
Step 3 : Login to XFCE Desktop
We are done with basic installation of XFCE 4.12 Desktop. Now logout of your current desktop environment and select XFCE Session from login window. Then Login after entering your credentials.
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| First view of XFCE 4.12 in Fedora 21 |
Now what you see is a basic installation of XFCE 4.12 Desktop.
You can customize it as you wish.
Step 4 : Customize XFCE Desktop
Now you can customize your desktop as you wish. I'm not listing detailed customization steps here. Just listing a few screen shots of configuration that I have done.
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| Changing Window Manager Theme |
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| Customizing Panel |
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| Customizing Appearance |
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| Configuring Compositor to enable special effects |
7 comments
commentsdoesn't work... wrong instructions
Replysudo yum install -y "@xfce-desktop"
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: ftp.cica.es
* rpmfusion-free: mirrors.coreix.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.coreix.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirrors.coreix.net
* updates: ftp.cica.es
Can you please post complete output including error message? I have written this post, after experimenting myself.
ReplyDo we have to uninstall existing xfce packages first?
ReplyI'm not sure about that. I hope, just updating your system after enabling coprs repo will do your work.
ReplyHi, nice post. I'm getting a dependencies error, I followed your tutorial and did exactly what you did. Result:
Reply$sudo yum install -y @xfce-desktop
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
...
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit) for package: xfce4-xfswitch-plugin-0.0.1-11.fc21.x86_64 Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-wmdock-plugin-0.3.4-10.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-kbdleds-plugin-0.0.6-6.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-radio-plugin-0.5.1-9.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-embed-plugin-1.4.1-3.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-cpufreq-plugin-1.0.0-10.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin-0.4.4-9.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfdashboard-0.3.91-1.fc21.x86_64 (@updates)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-cellmodem-plugin-0.0.5-14.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
Error: Package: xfce4-wavelan-plugin-0.5.11-6.fc21.x86_64 (@fedora)
Requires: libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Removing: libxfce4util-4.10.1-4.fc21.x86_64 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libxfce4util.so.6()(64bit)
Updated By: libxfce4util-4.12.1-1.fc21.x86_64 (nonamedotc-xfce412)
~libxfce4util.so.7()(64bit)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Do you have older version of XFCE installed in your system?
ReplyYeah. It appears that, you have XFCE 4.10 already installed in your system. You can solve this issue as given here.
Replyhttps://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/66432/error-installing-packages/