March 16, 2024

Install XFCE4 on OmniOSce

The xfce4 package is back in pkgsrc repository on march 16, 2024 !

┌ Install pkgsrc repository

You must install pkgsrc repository first
(see another letter)

┌ Open a terminal and switch to root

su -

┌ Install xsvc and xinit

pkg install xsvc xinit

┌ Install modular-xorg

pkgin -y in modular-xorg

┌ Install XFCE4

pkgin -y in xfce4 ; pkgin -y in elementary-xfce-icon-theme ; pkgin -y in ristretto ; pkgin -y in xfburn ; pkgin -y in xfce4-battery-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-calculator-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-clipman-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-conf ; pkgin -y in xfce4-cpugraph-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-dashboard ; pkgin -y in xfce4-dev-tools ; pkgin -y in xfce4-dict ; pkgin -y in xfce4-diskperf-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-exo ; pkgin -y in xfce4-eyes-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-fsguard-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-garcon ; pkgin -y in xfce4-genmon-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-icon-theme ; pkgin -y in xfce4-indicator-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-mailwatch-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-mount-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-mpc-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-netload-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-notes-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-notifyd ; pkgin -y in xfce4-places-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-screenshooter ; pkgin -y in xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-taskmanager ; pkgin -y in xfce4-thunar-archive-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-thunar-media-tags-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-thunar-vcs-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-time-out-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-timer-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-verve-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-wavelan-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-weather-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin ; pkgin -y in xfce4-wmxfce4-wm ; pkgin -y in xfce4-xkb-plugin ; pkgin -y in xf86-video-vboxvideo

┌ Create the ~/.xinitrc file

echo "exec startxfce4" > /home/YOUR-USER/.xinitrc

You must reboot, log in, then

startx

You will probably be facing mouse problems.
One quick trick is to immediately tail -f Xorg log and mouse problems disappear... I don't know how to fix this.

tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log