lxde-common-0.99.0

Introduction to LXDE Common

The LXDE Common package provides a set of default configuration for LXDE.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7 platform.

Package Information

LXDE Common Dependencies

Required

ConsoleKit-0.4.6, lxde-icon-theme-0.5.1, LXPanel-0.8.0, LXSession-0.5.2, openbox-3.5.2 (runtime), and PCManFM-1.2.3

Recommended

Optional Runtime Dependencies

D-Bus-1.8.16, and a notification daemon such as notification-daemon-3.14.1 or xfce4-notifyd-0.2.4

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/lxde-common

Installation of LXDE Common

Install LXDE Common by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

If you have installed recommended dependencies, run the following commands as the root user:

update-mime-database /usr/share/mime &&
gtk-update-icon-cache -qf /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
update-desktop-database -q

Starting LXDE

To start LXDE using xinit-1.3.4, run the following commands:

cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
ck-launch-session startlxde
EOF

startx

Contents

Installed Programs: lxde-logout, openbox-lxde and startlxde
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/{lxpanel,lxsession,openbox,pcmanfm}/LXDE and /usr/share/lxde

Short Descriptions

openbox-lxde

is a wrapper script which runs Openbox with LXDE specific config file.

startlxde

is used to start the desktop session for LXDE.

Last updated on 2015-03-01 05:42:20 -0500