#contributor: DanEE <degger @ bluemail.ch>

pkgname=xfe
pkgver=0.54.2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X"
url="http://www.roland65.ovh.org/xfe/xfe.html"
depends=('fox' 'zlib' 'libtiff' 'libjpeg' 'libpng')
source=(http://cesnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xfe/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('4d50faa3153cd1ff4e9f4237926f44b1')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}

My first package in incoming 8)

ravster · 2004-08-01 21:24:22

Here is version 0.70 of the package. It now has support for fox 1.2.x, which means that we can all now take fox out of the NoUpgrade option in /etc/pacman.conf(or in my case, I wouldn't have to use rox again, thank you lord ).

# Contributor: Ravi Desai <ravster3@hotmail.com>

pkgname=xfe
pkgver=0.70
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X."
depends=(fox)
source=(http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
url="http://roland65.free.fr/xfe"
md5sums=('ae8ba8af8aafee053f70e909e6e22920')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}

rUff3r · 2004-09-26 16:28:44

I just dont get it.
Configure always says that it can't find fox but i have installed it with pacman.

Anyone can help me?

ravster · 2004-09-27 20:31:31

Hi,
This particular PKGBUILD works against fox-1.2.4, but not with fox-1.2.9. I've put in a bug report with the developer. Meanwhile, you can still use the package at the archlinux ftp site. Just download it and 'pacman -A filename' the package. This works on my comp.
Till the problem with the fox-1.2.9 compatibility is resolved, we will have to use the package binary instead of being able to install from source(except if we have fox-1.2.4). Once its fixed, I'll post a new PKGBUILD(or just edit the one we have).

rUff3r · 2004-09-28 09:13:29

Ah Okay.

Thanks for helping me.
I'll try this one

rUff3r · 2004-09-28 20:42:15

Can't download this package

Snowman · 2004-09-28 21:11:23

rUff3r wrote:

Can't download this package

The permissions are wrong. Only the owner can read it:

-rw-------    1 99       99         563628 Sep 27 20:22 xfe-0.70-1.pkg.tar.gz

ravster · 2004-09-29 01:55:40

Hmm, you are right. I hadn't checked if the file can be dl'ed. Its always worked before.

To the Admins -- Could one of the ftp site admins change this or something? Maybe we could have somebody in charge of the incoming folder(maintaining it) for use by the users without getting these packages added to the official repos. This way it would not interfere with the new system, and would still allow use of the folder by the users.

ravster · 2004-10-29 14:19:50

Sorry about the late updates to this, I've been trying to get this working, and then v0.72 came out, but it would only go past the './configure' stage once I got fox-1.2.11. There was a command-line way around this, but I have no idea how to use it.

# Contributor: Ravi Desai <ravster3@hotmail.com>

pkgname=xfe
pkgver=0.72
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X."
depends=(fox)
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
url="http://roland65.free.fr/xfe"
md5sums=('625a4c8e152314363d2f3a27cc8fa6cc')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}

All you need to do now is update fox, and use this PKGBUILD. Let me know if there are any difficulties. Sorry about the delay :oops:

MillTek · 2005-02-13 02:55:26

Did anyone get this to work and if so, is it available??

Thanks,

Jim

ravster · 2005-02-13 16:31:17

The above PKGBUILD does work, but you should use it with fox 1.2, not with fox 1.4.x. I have contacted the xfe dev about this, and he will be getting it fixed(sorry, I don't know the timeline). You should put "NoUpgrade = fox" in your pacman.conf because xfe does not compile nor run(in case it was compiled with fox1.2) with fox1.4.x yet.
This happens with every major release of fox(I think), and it takes some time for the developer to get this bug sorted out.
At the moment, I'm using fox 1.2.11, and xfe works fine with it.

MillTek · 2005-02-14 19:52:22

Ravster,

I installed fox 1.2.11 and used the pkgbuild above to install xfe 0.72. It looks pretty good and I like what I see so far. The problem I am experiencing is that any function/menu option I select takes at least 25 seconds to happen. Something needs to be tweaked. Any idea what?

Jim

ravster · 2005-02-14 23:29:18

You could try running xfe from the command line and post any of the output that it gives, if there are any error messages.
I've also sent a mail about this question to the xfe dev, and it would help for him to get something to start with on this. His address is roland65 at free [dot] fr. You should also send a mail to him directly about this.
Thanks,
ravster

dp · 2005-02-15 00:22:03

when this is settled down and we have a xfe working with the latest fox, i plan including xfe to [extra]

MillTek · 2005-02-15 00:49:12

Ravster,
I tried xfe from the command line but it just starts and (when I shut it down) stops without comment. Per your suggestion I will send Roland an e-mail.

Thanks for the help,

Jim

ravster · 2005-02-15 14:06:41

dp wrote:

when this is settled down and we have a xfe working with the latest fox, i plan including xfe to [extra]

Thanks . This would make things much easier.

Milltek: I'm sorry I couldn't help you further on this, sorry 'bout that.

MillTek · 2005-02-15 14:43:37

Hey Ravster, at least you tried. This forum and the folks on it are great.

Jim

jaawood · 2005-03-09 06:46:03

Hey, just wondering if anyone had any updated information about fox and xfe.

Thanks

ravster · 2005-03-09 14:16:16

There's nothing much going on here at the moment. Xfe works just as normal, but it is still incompatible with the latest fox version 1.4. I suggest we just put 'IgnorePkg = fox' in our /etc/pacman.conf files till a compatible version of xfe comes out. This is what I am doing at the moment.

Xfe 0.72 is working with fox-1.2.11, NOT with the latest fox-1.4.x.

jaawood · 2005-03-09 22:55:44

Great, that pretty much clears it up.

pixel · 2005-03-10 11:16:36

Xfe is indeed the best file manager i've seen, but one thing i don't like in it
is that versions starting with 0.70 have antialiased fonts, I prefer only full hinting with good quality fonts (like Verdana). Is there any way to disable
antialiased fonts in recent versions of Xfe?

Because of that I'm now using the last version without antialiased fonts, that is 0.66

ozar · 2005-03-22 20:37:30

dp wrote:

when this is settled down and we have a xfe working with the latest fox, i plan including xfe to [extra]

Looking forward to it - Xfe is one of the easiest to use Linux file managers out there.

Any idea when it might be ready to go? Thanks...

jaawood · 2005-03-26 02:47:46

Does anyone have a link to a package of fox version 1.2?

Snowman · 2005-03-26 03:38:02

jaawood wrote:

Does anyone have a link to a package of fox version 1.2?

The following mirror has old packages:
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/
or you can get old versions of the PKGBUILDs from the CVS repo (link on arch home page)

pixel · 2005-03-26 16:43:42

Anyone managed to get the last version of xfe with antialiased fonts DISABLED? It seems versions starting with 0.70 are stuck with antialiased fonts which i don't like.

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