Cygwin Port of XFCE4

4.2.3.2(latest)

4.4rc2

current version: 4.4rc2 (4.3.99.2)

These packages are built on Cygwin 1.5.18, X.org X11 6.8.2.0, WinXP SP2/FAT32 (binary mounts)
    cygwin-1.5.18
    gcc-3.4.4-1
    binutils-20050610-1
    libtool-1.5b-2
    gettext-0.14.1-1
    glib2-2.6.5-1
    gtk2-2.6.8-1
    startup-notification-0.8-1
    libxml2-2.6.20-3
shared-mime-info    >= 0.16    (freedesktop component)
hicolor-icon-theme                 (freedesktop component)
desktop-file-utils                       (freedesktop component)
libexif-0.6.9          (libexif10 required by Thunar)
pcre-6.3           (libpcre0 required by Thunar)

And you need some additional packages from the cygwin-ports project
    dbus (libdbus1_2, libdbus-glib1_2)   (required by Terminal, Thunar)
    perl-URI                            (required by exo)
vte        >= 0.11.11          (required by Terminal)

Prefix set to /opt/xfce4, thus you need to add /opt/xfce4/bin to PATH.
(prefix of gtk-xfce-engine was set to /usr/, to keep compliant with gtk2 package.)

Installation

1. Download tarballs from here
2. Install packages:
    I recommend using my simple scripts: installpkg.sh
    $ installpkg.sh /path/to/tarballs/*.tar.bz2
(alternatively, you can unpack the tarballs manully from root folder.
    $ cd /
    $ for pkg in /path/to/tarballs/*.tar.bz2; do
       tar zxf $pkg
    done
   )
3. Make sure you've add /opt/xfce4 to your PATH.

Run XFCE4

make sure you've add /opt/xfce4/share to XDG_DATA_DIRS, esp. if you want to
start the application seperately (e.g. xfwm4, xfdesktop).
    $ export XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share:/opt/xfce4/share"
    $ export PATH="/opt/xfce4/bin:$PATH"

a. Exec startxfce4 to start it.
    $ /opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4
(startxfce4 would add /opt/xfce4/share to XDG_DATA_DIRS automatically)

b. If you have some troubles when invokeing xfce4 with 'startxfce4'(such as ssh-agent, dbus problem),
try this way:
   $ XWin 2>/dev/null &            # or XWin_GL
   $ DISPLAY=:0.0 xfce4-session &

Uninstallation

Simply remove /opt/xfce4.
Or, if you installed these packages by installpkg.sh, you can uninstall them by setup.exe or removpekg.sh
$ removepkg.sh xfwm4 xfce4-panel ......

Build from source

Source patches
Please read the REAME file in the source patches tarballs for detailed instructs.

4.4rc1(4.3.99.1) Uploaded on Sep 7, 2006. Binary and source package removed. The   source patches are still available.
4.4beta2(4.3.90.2) Uploaded on Jul 13, 2006. Binary and source package removed. The   source patches are still available.
4.4beta1(4.3.90.1) Uploaded on May 7, 2006. Binary and source package removed. The   source patches are still available.

4.2.3.2

These packages are built on Cygwin 1.5.16/X.org X11 6.8.2.0, WinXP SP1/FAT32 (binary mounts)
    cygwin-1.5.16
    gcc-3.3.3-3
    binutils-20041229-1
    libtool-devel-1.5.10-1
    gettext-0.14.1-1
    glib2-2.4.8-1
     gtk2-2.4.14-1
And you need startup-notification from project cygwin-ports (download)

Prefix set to /opt/xfce4, thus you need to add /opt/xfce4/bin to PATH.
(prefix of gtk-xfce-engine was set to /usr/, to keep compliant with gtk2 package.)

The following packages not available yet.
    xffm        (a little hard to build on cygwin)
    xfce4-icon-theme     (need gnome-icon-themes)
(you can still use the 4.2.1.1 ones, even those additional applications)

Installation

1. Download tarballs from here (and here are some additional package build on 4.2.1, including Terminal, mousepad)
2. Install packages:
    I recommend using my simple scripts: installpkg.sh
    $ installpkg.sh /path/to/tarballs/*.tar.bz2
(alternatively, you can unpack the tarballs manully from root folder.
    $ cd /
    $ for pkg in /path/to/tarballs/*.tar.bz2; do
       tar zxf $pkg
    done
   )
3. Make sure you've add /opt/xfce4 to your PATH.
4. Exec startxfce4 to start it.
    $ /opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4

Uninstallation

Simply remove /opt/xfce4.
Or, if you installed these packages by installpkg.sh, you can uninstall them by setup.exe or removpekg.sh
$ removepkg.sh xfwm4 xfce4-panel ......

Build from source

Source patches
Please read the REAME file in the source patches tarballs for detailed instructs.

4.2.1.1 Uploaded on Apr14, 2005. source patches additional packages
4.2beta1: removed, try 4.2.1.1 instead. The source patches are still available.

History

Nov 14, 2006

xfce-4.4rc2 (4.3.99.2)

Sep 6, 2006

xfce-4.4rc1 (4.3.99.1)

Jul 13, 2006

xfce-4.4beta2 (4.3.90.2)

May 7, 2006

experimental: xfce-4.4beta1 (4.3.90.1)

Dec 14, 2005

Most package of 4.2.3.2 now available (except for xffm, xfce4-icon-theme, perhaps one week or two they'll be available).
And the source patches are here.

Oct 11, 2005

Cygwin port of xfdiff-4.3.4 (xfdiff was a component of xffm, but now returns as an independant tool.)

Aug 30, 2005

Cygwin port of xffm-4.3 (experimental)

Apr 18, 2005

Cygwin port of Terminal-0.2.4 uploaded. (vte could be found here[FIXME])

Apr 15, 2005

Now we have xffm(4.2) back to cygwin! (Visit my weblog for detailed info and source patch.)
Binary packages for 4.2.1.1 uploaded! (Terminal-0.2.4 not yet) Maybe a few days later I'll make it downloadable via setup.exe (i.e to move to release/ folder).
Fixed a lot problems in the autobuild script and source patches.

Apr 11, 2005

Source patches for XFCE-4.2.1.1 uploaded. Patch for Terminal-0.2.4 also included. I improved the autobuild script a lot. Still no binary packages yet due to bandwidth limit.

Nov 17, 2004

Terminal for Xfce4. It have most features of gnome-terminal, but doesn't require you to install the GNOME platform. Here is the Cygwin port (and the decent libraries: vte, dbus and exo), it requires xfce4>=4.2beta1. Usage: replace /opt/xfce4/bin/xfterm4 with the new one, then you can click the Terminal icon in the XFCE panel.
Source patches for XFCE-4.2rc1(4.1.99.1) are here. But I don't have a wide band to upload the binary the binary packages. Sorry if you're waiting for me to do it.)

Oct 17, 2004

Xfce-4.2 beta is out and I've successfully built it on cygwin. Note that now xfce4-session is included in.

Ralgh Young <ralgh.young AT gmail.com>