Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 34. LXDE Desktop

lxde-common-0.5.6

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-7.6 platform.

Package Information

LXDE Common Dependencies

Required

ConsoleKit-0.4.6, lxde-icon-theme-0.5.1, LXPanel-0.7.0, LXSession-0.4.9.2, openbox-3.5.2 (runtime), and PCManFM-1.2.2

Recommended

desktop-file-utils-0.22, hicolor-icon-theme-0.13, and shared-mime-info-1.3

Optional Runtime Dependencies

D-Bus-1.8.8, a notification daemon such as notification-daemon-0.7.6 or xfce4-notifyd-0.2.4, and a polkit authentication agent such as LXPolkit-0.1.0 or polkit-gnome-0.105

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 &&
ln -svfn profile/LXDE /etc/xdg/lxpanel/LXDE &&
install -Dm644 lxde-logout.desktop \
               /usr/share/applications/lxde-logout.desktop

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-1.3.3, run the following commands: 

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

startx

Command Explanations

ln -svfn profile/LXDE ...: Fixes the wrong path of the default LXPanel profile.

Contents

Installed Programs: lxde-logout, openbox-lxde and startlxde
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE, /etc/xdg/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 2014-09-19 14:39:35 -0700