Binary Distribution


          If you do not feel like compiling XFCE yourself, a binary pre-compiled version of XFCE is available.

          1) Downloading the distribution

          The binary pre-compiled distribution of XFCE is a gziped tar archive. The application is compiled with XForms statically linked, so you do not even have to set up XForms on your system.

          XFce is available for :

          • Linux libc5
          • Linux glibc (aka libc6)
          • Solaris 2.6 Intel Edition
          • FreeBSD


          2) Installing the distribution

          The distribution is now splitted, to save disk space.

          • The common data (backdrops, sounds, icons) and shell scripts
          • The platform specific binaries


          The archive contains the right path, so all you have to do is unpacking it at the root directory.
           

            $ gunzip xfce-common-2.?.?.bin.tar.gz
            $ tar xvf xfce-common-2.?.?.bin.tar -C /
            $ gunzip xfce-2.?.?.<platform>.static.bin.tar.gz
            $ tar xvf xfce-2.?.?.<platform>.static.bin.tar -C /
             
           3) How to use RPM format (from Red Hat)

          Just a few tips on how to use RPM (for more informations about RPM, please use rpm --help or man rpm) :
           

          • rpm -ivh <package>.i386.rpm

          • Install package
          • rpm -U <package>.i386.rpm

          • Update package
          • rpm -e <package>

          • Remove package and all its files
          • rpm -ba <spec>

          • Rebuild the whole package using the "spec" file.


          The rpm distribution for Red Hat Linux is also splitted. As a result, you must install the common data before the binaries.