fluxbox how-to (compiling from source the latest version) plus tips & tricks

[gymsmoke]

checkinstall 1.5.3, Copyright 2001 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.


The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist.
Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]:

Is this a harbinger of errors to come??

If the deb package is available, how would it be installed differently from compiling the source? (I've seen a few references to it in the thread, but no offer of how to install it) ...

[gymsmoke]

removed the source install and went here...
http://logicvortex.net/debian/fluxbox/
got .9.14 ...

(THIS IS HOW TO INSTALL A .DEB PACKAGE INTO UBUNTU)
sudo dpkg -i flux... produces this:

Selecting previously deselected package fluxbox.
(Reading database ... 66489 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fluxbox (from fluxbox_0.9.14-1_i386.deb) ...
Adding `diversion of /usr/bin/bsetroot to /usr/bin/bsetroot.blackbox by fluxbox'
Adding `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/bsetroot.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/bsetroot.blackbox.1.gz by fluxbox'
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fluxbox:
fluxbox depends on menu (>= 2.1.19); however:
Package menu is not installed.
fluxbox depends on libimlib2; however:
Package libimlib2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing fluxbox (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
fluxbox

[feanor_arcamenel]

Hello, thanks for the tutorial, it helped much. but I get an error when I change my exec line in /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop

It is originally like this:
exec fluxbox

so when I change it to:
exec /home/username/.fluxbox/startup

It gives an error: Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds
and I have to logout automatically

why's that?

[Cedfelix]

Hello, thanks for the tutorial, it helped much. but I get an error when I change my exec line in /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop

It is originally like this:
exec fluxbox

so when I change it to:
exec /home/username/.fluxbox/startup

It gives an error: Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds
and I have to logout automatically

why's that?

Try ths thread if it is an ICE authority problem.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...=ICE+authority

[yabbadabbadont]

Hello, thanks for the tutorial, it helped much. but I get an error when I change my exec line in /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop

It is originally like this:
exec fluxbox

so when I change it to:
exec /home/username/.fluxbox/startup

It gives an error: Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds
and I have to logout automatically

why's that?

As has been suggested earlier in this thread (much earlier I think), try:
exec /usr/bin/startfluxbox

This is how most distrobutions do it.

[eklypze]

response to eklypze

You have to get 'menu' from the universal repository. Do this:

sudo nano /etc/apt/source.list and uncomment the 2 lines about the universal repository.

Save those changes, then do:
sudo apt-get update

Then:
sudo apt-get install menu

This should install the menu.

Then install Fluxbox. I downloaded the fluxbox_0-1.9.14-1_i386.deb package from http://people.debian.org/~dopey/flux....14-1_i386.deb

sudo apt-get install -i fluxbox_0.9.14-1_i386.deb

It installed for me!

Thank you for your reply, and sorry for replying very late. I have tried those steps, and this is the error I received.

eklypze@eklypze:~$ sudo apt-get install menu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
menu is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgcc1: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (= 4.0.3-1) but 4.0.1-4ubuntu9 is to be installed
menu: Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.2-4) but 4.0.1-4ubuntu9 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[McAbre]

I got my fluxbox from the repositories, and fixed the slow loading by adding
"export LC_ALL=C" right before "startfluxbox" in the ~/.fluxbox/startup

Also, the fluxbox-generate_menu I found in /usr/share/doc/fluxbox
This is what I did:

1. cd /usr/share/doc/fluxbox
2. gzip -d fluxbox-generate_menu.gz
3. cp fluxbox-generate_menu /usr/bin
4. chmod a+x /usr/bin/fluxbox-generate_menu
5. cd /home/username
6. fluxbox-generate_menu

Then you have to edit the init file to change the menuFile path:

nano -w /home/username/.fluxbox/init
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu

You can find better explanations of these things here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fluxbox

Hope it helps. =)

-M

[JadedMaple]

Alright, so I just installed Fluxbox from Synaptic except.. When I rightclick.. I have nothing in that Fluxbox menu..

How do I get my programs into there?

Ah, fixed er.


Anyway, how the heck do I take a screenshot?

[yabbadabbadont]

Anyway, how the heck do I take a screenshot?

If you just installed Fluxbox in addition to the standard ubuntu-desktop, then you can run gnome-screenshot. Otherwise you will need to install a program like scrot or imagemagick. If you install imagemagick, then use the "import" command to take screenshots (both full screen and single window).

[K2712]

When I installed fluxbox, I set my wallpaper, added the 'fbsetbg -l' to my startup file, but when I logged in the wallpaper would only splash on the screen, and not stay set. I had to place an '&' after the 'fbsetbg -l' line to get the wallpaper to stay set.

Just thought I would post this just incase someone else was having the same problem...