Getting Xfce

Getting the Xfce Desktop

The Xfce download center currently has pre-built packages of Xfce 4.4.1 for Solaris Nevada (x86 only).

Instructions

• You should be running at least build 60 of Solaris Nevada.
• Download some or all of the tarballs (ALL\-xfce441_01\-x86.tar contains everything)
• Create a new directory and extract all downloaded tarballs in the newly created directory using tar \-xvf <FILENAME>
• su to root
• cd into the directory where you extracted the tarballs and run the ./install\-xfce script 

Example Installation

    doug@prae> mkdir /tmp/xfcetmp
    doug@prae> cd /tmp/xfcetmp
    doug@prae> wget http://dlc.sun.com/osol/xfce/downloads/current/x86/ALL\-xfce441~_01\-x86.tar
    doug@prae> tar fx ALL-xfce441~_01\-x86.tar
    doug@prae> su -
    root@prae> cd /tmp/xfcetmp/xfce441~_01
    root@prae> ./install-xfce \-\-force \-\-ignore
    This product requires OS build snv~_60 or later
    
    You may choose to continue the installation and risk that
    some or all of the functionality may not be available.
    Would you like to continue? \

    | 1)  Default Installation
    | 2)  Custom Installation
    |
    | X)  Exit
    |
    `\-\-\-> Please select: \
    .
    .
    .
    Successfully installed all packages.
    Installation log saved in /var/sadm/install/logs/xfce\-install.log.20070419\-10:33