XFCE on Cygwin
Beging forced to work on a Microsoft Platform ,
I decided to compile/port my favourite desktop environment , XFCE , on Windows.
General info about Cygwin and XFCE can be found on their websites.
Information specific to XFCE4 can be found at
http://members.home.nl/jbhuijsmans/xfce4-cvs.html.
Here I am providing the compiled binaries for xfce4.
The compilation is done using
the steps described in the page mentioned above.
Since XFCE4 is not yet officially released , these binaries are based on the daily
CVS snapshots.
I have built these using the gtk2 binaries (for cygwin) available from
http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~s01397ms/cygwin.
How to use :
- Install Cygwin (Including XFree86) .
Use a current release of Cygwin. I last did a build with version 1.3.20.
- Install gtk2 binaries from http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~s01397ms/cygwin .
- Install the XFCE4 binaries as provided below . Just put the tar file and
in the root (/) directory of Cygwin installtion and inflate.
- Add /usr/xfce4/bin to your PATH .
- Type startxfce4 and pray !
Date : 7th Oct 2003
Download file :
xfce-4.0.0-cygwin.tar.bz2
Description : Following modules are included.
- libxfce4util
- libxfcegui4(*)
- libxfce4mcs
- xfce-mcs-manager
- xfce4-panel
- xfwm4
- xfce-mcs-plugin(*)
- xfce-utils
- xfdesktop
Compilation System Info :
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-4.0 incq181b 1.5.5(0.94/3/2) 2003-09-20 16:31 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin
The installtion directory is choosen as /usr/local/xfce4 so that if something goes wrong you can
atleast do "rm -rf". You will need to add /usr/local/xfce4/bin into your PATH.
These binaries are compiled on a system running Cygwin on Windows2000 (Pentium-III) .
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 pnqnw183 1.3.20(0.73/3/2) 2003-02-08 12:10 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin
The 'Compilation notes' below describes any changes that I had to do to compile
successfully on Cygwin. This is not important to you if you only want to use
the binary files provided.
Date : 12th March 2003
Download file : xfce4-cygwin-2003-03-12.tar.bz2
Description : Following modules are included.
- xfce-devel/libxfcegui4
- xfce-devel/libxfce4mcs
- xfce-devel/xfce-mcs-manager
- xfce-devel/xfce-mcs-plugins
- xfce-devel/xfce4
- xfce-devel/xfwm4
- xfce-devel/xfce-utils
- xfce-devel/xfdesktop
- xfce-devel/gtk-xfce-engine-2
The installtion directory is choosen as /usr/xfce4 so that if something goes wrong you can
atleast do "rm -rf". You will need to add /usr/xfce4/bin into your PATH.
Compilation Notes : will try to put some info soon
Date : 06th March 2003
Download file : xfce4-2003-03-06.tar.bz2
Description : This is the first attempt. Only following modules are included.
- xfce-devel/libxfcegui4
- xfce-devel/libxfce4mcs
- xfce-devel/xfce-mcs-manager
- xfce-devel/xfce-mcs-plugins
- xfce-devel/xfce4
- xfce-devel/xfwm4
- xfce-devel/xfce-utils
The installtion directory is choosen as /usr/xfce4 so that if something goes wrong you can
atleast do "rm -rf". You will need to add /usr/xfce4/bin into your PATH.
Compilation Notes :
Disclaimer :
These files/binaries/patches are supplied completely without warranty or any implied fitness for purpose. They may or may not damage your system or your life beyond repair. Download them or use them entirely at your own risk.
Niraj Kumar ( niraj17 at users.sourceforge.net)