If you go to www.xfce.org, then go to their overview page. It lists all the components of Xfce by package and gives a brief description of what it does. You could then install those packages off the cd. Not a convenient way of doing it, but you'll get everything you need. Semper Fidelis, Patrick Coffey On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:51, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Gerry Tool wrote: > > Nicu Buculei wrote: > > > >> how am i supposed to install Xfce in FC2? (without installing everything) > [snip] > > I copied all the xfce*.rpm files from CD4 to a directory and did an rpm > > -Uvh *.rpm to install XFce. It installed fine and it now appears in the > > session menu. > > > > However, when I run it, I get a message window that says: > > "Your window manager does not seem to support the new window manager > > hints as defined on http:/www.freedesktop.org. Some XFce features may > > not work as intended." > > this is because you have *not* copied all needed RPMs! you left out the > window manager xfwm4.rpm... > exactly this was my complaint: how am i supposed to know that xfwm4 is > the window manager for xfce? > is not a dependency, because xfce can work without it (if we can call > this "work") and yum will not automatically install it as dependency. > > also note xffm.rpm - the file manager, probably xfsprogs (don't know if > is needed) and all libxfce*.rpm and xfdesktop.rpm > > -- > nicu >
