XFCE 4.2 installation issue

[ErikN]

Hi all

im trying to install the XFCE 4.2 beta to see what its like and getting the following error all the time:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xfce4: Depends: xfce4-mcs-plugins (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfce4-session (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfcalendar (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfce4-iconbox (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfce4-mixer (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfprint4 (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfwm4 (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfwm4-themes (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfce4-appfinder (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfce4-systray (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfce4-utils (>= 4.1.90) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xfdesktop4 (>= 4.3.3+cvs.20040808-3) but it is not going to be installed

I removed all the old xfce packages but still no avail, anyone have any idea how to get around this?

thanks

[cybrjackle]

Have you tried there installer, or are you trying these debian packages?

ftp://os-cillation.com/installers/xf...-installer.bin

http://www.os-cillation.com/article.php?sid=37

[cybrjackle]

I used the installer, removed any package that had to do with xfce4 first, used synaptic so i wouldn't miss
any

sudo apt-get install a2ps libdbh1.0-dev

sudo sh xfce4-4.2beta1-installer.bin

You might find other packages you need to install first.

[img]ftp://65.28.47.173/xfce4.2.jpg[/img]

[ErikN]

Thanks lads, i will give the installer a try, didnt know it would work on Ubuntu yes or no =)

[HungSquirrel]

# ./xfce4-4.2beta1-installer.bin
Extracting the installer...

bzcat: (stdin): trailing garbage after EOF ignored
Autodetecting Xfce installation... Checking installer requirements...
You need Gtk+ >= 2.2.0 to use the installer.
Cleaning up...

Ummm...don't I already have GTK 2.2.0 or better?

[ErikN]

I had the same gtk error as well, i installed a few gtk packages and it worked after that , the installer actually worked, however at 85% or so it does the xfwm4 config which fails with XPM library not installed on your system, anyone know what package installs the xpm library?

thanks

[HungSquirrel]

I searched Synaptic and I believe the package you're looking for is libxpm4.

By the way, I got the installer working. I had to install libgtk2.0-dev and libxml2-dev to satisfy dependencies. Hope this helps someone.

[ErikN]

THanks HungSquirrel, i will give that a try

[ErikN]

ok, got the installer working, thanks for that all, now one more thing, how do i add it to my session menu? it didnt add it?

[HungSquirrel]

sudo mkdir /etc/X11/sessions

Then, in your favorite text editor under sudo, make a file called /etc/X11/sessions/xfce.desktop and put this in it:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=XFCE4
Comment=This logs you into XFCE4.
Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4
Icon=
Type=Application