I have read this post How do I switch to Xubuntu?, but it tells me to install xubuntu-desktop.
Can I install Xfce (only)? I mean, I don't want to install any application which is not related to Xfce desktop, but becomes dependency of xubuntu-desktop, such as abiword, gthumb, etc. What package should I install?
4 Answers
Click here:
Or via command line:
sudo apt-get install xfce4this is what you will get
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libstdc++5 libvncserver0 libaio-dev sysstat ksh expat libelf-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed: desktop-base exo-utils gtk2-engines-xfce libexo-1-0 libexo-common libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libthunarx-2-0 libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common libxfce4util4 libxfconf-0-2 orage thunar thunar-data thunar-volman xfce-keyboard-shortcuts xfce4-appfinder xfce4-mixer xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfce4-utils xfconf xfdesktop4 xfdesktop4-data xfwm4 xfwm4-themes xscreensaver
Suggested packages: thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin xfprint4 xfce4-goodies fortunes-mod aumix xli xloadimage xfishtank xdaliclock qcam streamer
The following NEW packages will be installed: desktop-base exo-utils gtk2-engines-xfce libexo-1-0 libexo-common libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libthunarx-2-0 libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common libxfce4util4 libxfconf-0-2 orage thunar thunar-data thunar-volman xfce-keyboard-shortcuts xfce4 xfce4-appfinder xfce4-mixer xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfce4-utils xfconf xfdesktop4 xfdesktop4-data xfwm4 xfwm4-themes xscreensaver
0 upgraded, 31 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 19.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 80.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? once installed log out and choose xfce desktop - log back in
4xfce can be installed from the terminal by default using the following command:
sudo apt-get install xfce4And to install the goodies (extra programs, plugins, and artwork), the command is:
sudo apt-get install xfce4-goodiesEnter your password when prompted.
Enjoy using Xfce!
1On 30/09/2015
To install latest version of Xfce 4.12 on Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.04:
Open terminal and run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install xfce4Here is the output of commands,
ravan@ravan:~$ sudo apt-get install xfce4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
account-plugin-windows-live libupstart1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
desktop-base exo-utils gtk2-engines-xfce libexo-1-0 libexo-common
libexo-helpers libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libjpeg-progs
libjpeg-turbo-progs libkeybinder0 libthunarx-2-0 libtumbler-1-0
libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4ui-utils libxfce4util-bin
libxfce4util-common libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 orage tango-icon-theme
thunar thunar-data thunar-volman tumbler tumbler-common xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-mixer xfce4-notifyd xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings
xfce4-volumed xfconf xfdesktop4 xfdesktop4-data xfwm4 xscreensaver
xscreensaver-data xubuntu-icon-theme
Suggested packages:
devhelp sox kdelibs-data thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin
tumbler-plugins-extra xfce4-goodies xfce4-power-manager gtk3-engines-xfce
fortunes-mod menu xfwm4-themes xfishtank xdaliclock xscreensaver-gl fortune
qcam streamer gdm3 kdm-gdmcompat
Recommended packages:
greybird-gtk-theme
The following NEW packages will be installed:
desktop-base exo-utils gtk2-engines-xfce libexo-1-0 libexo-common
libexo-helpers libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libjpeg-progs
libjpeg-turbo-progs libkeybinder0 libthunarx-2-0 libtumbler-1-0
libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4ui-utils libxfce4util-bin
libxfce4util-common libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 orage tango-icon-theme
thunar thunar-data thunar-volman tumbler tumbler-common xfce4
xfce4-appfinder xfce4-mixer xfce4-notifyd xfce4-panel xfce4-session
xfce4-settings xfce4-volumed xfconf xfdesktop4 xfdesktop4-data xfwm4
xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xubuntu-icon-theme
0 upgraded, 42 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 19.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 69.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] To uninstall PPA:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12I prefer using the command-line, but you can also install Xfce from Synaptic, just type in "xfce4" in the search bar, select everything related to Xfce, and then click "Apply" to install.
