[new]fxdesktop

mpie · 2005-09-24 23:27:52

the light-wieght fox desktop enviroment... feedback please

needs fox>1.5.6 to build

# Contributor: mpie <michael.kyne-phillips1@ntlworld.com>

pkgname=fox
pkgver=1.5.6
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Free Objects for X: GUI Toolkit for C++"
url="http://www.fox-toolkit.org/"
depends=('cups' 'x-server' 'bzip2')
source=(http://www.fox-toolkit.org/ftp/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('09980d90c52a8fce51ebb7fe0aafb59a')


build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver

  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/freetype2"

  ./configure   --prefix=/usr 
                --enable-release 
                --with-xft=yes 
                --enable-cups 
                --with-opengl=yes
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg/ install

  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/tests
  make ControlPanel || return 1
  cp $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/tests/.libs/ControlPanel $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/
}

then the desktop package

# Contributor: mpie <michael.kyne-phillips1@ntlworld.com>

pkgname=fxdesktop
pkgver=0.1.6
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Fox dektop enviroment"
url="http://www.fifthplanet.net/"
depends=('fox>=1.5.6')
source=(http://www.fifthplanet.net/files/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
md5sums=('4f2c0ef732027362ead5742c5ae9f0d9')


build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
    mkdir $startdir/pkg/usr
    mkdir $startdir/pkg/usr/bin
  ./gb   --prefix=/usr 
                --with-xft=yes 
                --enable-cups 
                --with-opengl=yes
  ./gb || return 1
  ./gb install --prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr

}

mpie · 2005-09-29 13:25:35

you need to start another wm first, openbox works well, then run fxdesktop.....

it is still very early in the dev cycle but is swift and responsive, has java-webstart intergrated too

mmccaskill · 2005-09-29 16:54:29

I get errors when it gets to make ControlPanel. Ofcourse I'm trying to compile FOX 1.5.13

mpie · 2005-09-29 18:53:23

thats why I provided a build for 1.5.6 its the most stable of the dev versions, you may try any of the other numbers in between.

if you are trying to get foxdesktop all you need to do is aurbuild -b fox aurbuild -b fxdesktop

version 0.6 of fxdesktop was built against 1.5.6 none of the other dev releases work with this version of fxdesktop

T-Dawg · 2005-10-01 13:18:29

mpie wrote:

if you are trying to get foxdesktop all you need to do is aurbuild -b fox aurbuild -b fxdesktop

aurbuild -b fox fxdesktop

should work with aurbuild 0.4 or higher

Gullible Jones · 2005-10-01 14:16:47

Fox is already in the repos, you don't have to compile it.

mpie · 2005-10-01 18:41:17

yep you do, the source for fxdesktop was written against 1.5.6 it wil fail to build against any other version... the syntax has altered

mpie · 2005-10-01 18:56:28

Penguin wrote:

mpie wrote:
if you are trying to get foxdesktop all you need to do is aurbuild -b fox aurbuild -b fxdesktop
aurbuild -b fox fxdesktop
should work with aurbuild 0.4 or higher

cool never tried stringing them together

Gullible Jones · 2005-10-01 20:02:10

Whoops my bad. :oops:

GogglesGuy · 2005-10-06 13:41:05

Ah I finally found the topic
I have to say that FOX Desktop is _really_ _early_ in its development stage.
In a couple of days I will release a update to support the latest FOX 1.5.13 plus some additional features and stricter checking to make sure the correct wm is running.

mpie · 2005-10-06 14:00:15

Cool when its released will do new pkgbuilds.....

GogglesGuy · 2005-10-07 03:15:29

The new one is out there. I might actually start developing it a little bit faster, since at this point I started using it myself...

mpie · 2005-10-08 16:12:49

new pkgbulds in aur....

fxdesktop1.7 requires fox 1.5.13... it will not build with no other

mpie · 2005-10-10 13:58:55

he's updated fxdesktop again.... new builds this evening when i get home...

GogglesGuy · 2005-10-13 00:25:18

Ok... for the fans. I released a new version

Father · 2005-10-13 03:46:12

Any chance of some screenshots or even a vague description of what it does?
because the homepage has none!
theres 2 lines about it, one saying its GNU, and the other that its built on the FoxTK.

Im interested in seeing what DE / WM's are available, but how can i know whether to use it if i cant find out anything about what it does / plans to do / looks like?!

mpie · 2005-10-13 07:48:53

look in the screenshot thread, there are few there, its really early days yet and with the latest version you have to export the wm so that FDE knows where it is ie

export "FOX_DESKTOP_WM=openbox" fxdesktop

install it have a look it only takes a minute, and of you dont like let pacman eat it.......C

mpie · 2005-10-13 10:19:10

Ooh Sander is flying at the mo 0.1.9 just cam out new PKGBUILDS tonight

mpie · 2005-10-13 20:42:52

0.1.9 now in aur

with a install file to help you get started

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