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tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

XPde Desktop package request

Well, because I'm newbie and I still dont know how to build packages :oops:  I would like to ask somebody to be so kind and build a package of XPde desktop. The home page of that is http://www.xpde.com/

Thank you in advance. 

tehdely

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Registered: 2004-02-20

Posts: 148

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Re: XPde Desktop package request

Trust me, it's not worth it.

This is the most broken piece of software I ever had the misfortune of trying out.  Plus, the idea is laughable.

If you really want, you can grab a binary distro from their website and untar it in /usr/share/xpde.

Have fun bathing in mediocrity 

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Legout

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From: Wuerburg/germany

Registered: 2004-01-19

Posts: 292

Re: XPde Desktop package request

hi here´s  simple PKGBUILD!!!

But i´ve tested this WM. It looks "good. But it is not very usable. To much things have to be edit by hand.

So if you are lookin for a easy to use Desktop-environment for Linux, than use KDE.

pkgname=xpde
pkgver=0.5.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Windowmanager with look and feel of Win XP"
url="http://www.xpde.com"
license=""
depends=('xorg')
makedepends=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
source=(http://www.jt-webservice.de/xpde/releases/xpde-0.5.1.tar.gz)
md5sums=()

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/share
  cp -R xpde ../pkg/usr/share
  }

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oscar

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From: Kiruna, Sweden

Registered: 2004-08-13

Posts: 457

Re: XPde Desktop package request

why even bother using an unstable bloat machine?
use kde if you like stable bloat!

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tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

Re: XPde Desktop package request

Thanks to all of you. That was quick :shock:  I didn't know if ot is stable or not. Looked kind of interesting that's why I wanted to try it. First of all there was something about unpacking ... that's clear but the other  "code" how can I use it ?  :oops:

Legout

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From: Wuerburg/germany

Registered: 2004-01-19

Posts: 292

Re: XPde Desktop package request

Hi.

You don´t know how to use ABS???

Look at the Wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … %20Makepkg

ABS is very usefull. And it´s not that hard to understand as it seems to be.

Short Instruction to build a package.

Go to /var/abs/local.

cd /var/abs/local

mkdir -p xpde
cd xpde

Copy the PKGBUILD into this folder.
Than type

makepke -ic

XPde would be installed.

Than u have to change your .xinitrc.

nano -w ~/.xinitrc
exec /usr/share/xpde/bin/startxpde

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tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

Re: XPde Desktop package request

Thank you I'm going to try.