= Instructions on how to get Gtk3 indicators in a Gtk2 Xfce-Panel =

== Installation ==

=== Step 1: Install dependencies ===
{{{sudo apt-get build-dep xfce4-panel libxfce4ui xfce4-indicator-plugin}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo apt-get install git xfce4-dev-tools gtk-doc-tools libindicator3-dev libido3-0.1-dev}}}<<BR>>

=== Step 2: xfce4-panel ===

{{{git clone git://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel}}}<<BR>>
{{{cd xfce4-panel}}}<<BR>>
{{{git checkout andrzejr/wrapper3}}}<<BR>>
{{{./autogen.sh --enable-gtk3}}}<<BR>>
''# (above you can add --prefix=/usr if you're not afraid of reinstalling your xfce4-panel with "sudo apt-get install xfce4-panel --reinstall")''<<BR>>
{{{make}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo make install}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo ldconfig # (to update libraries)}}}<<BR>>
{{{cd ..}}}<<BR>>

=== Step 3: libxfce4ui ===

{{{git clone git://git.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui}}}<<BR>>
{{{cd libxfce4ui}}}<<BR>>
{{{./autogen.sh --enable-gtk3}}}<<BR>>
{{{make}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo make install}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo ldconfig}}}<<BR>>
{{{cd ..}}}<<BR>>

=== Step 4: xfce4-indicator-panel ===

{{{git clone git://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-indicator-plugin}}}<<BR>>
{{{cd xfce4-indicator-plugin}}}<<BR>>
{{{./autogen.sh}}}<<BR>>
''# (if you used --prefix=/usr before, use it again here)''<<BR>>
{{{make}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo make install}}}<<BR>>
{{{cd ..}}}<<BR>>

=== Gtk3 Indicators ===

{{{sudo apt-get install indicator-power indicator-bluetooth indicator-datetime indicator-keyboard indicator-printers indicator-sound indicator-sync indicator-messages}}}<<BR>>
{{{sudo apt-get purge indicator-sound-gtk2 indicator-application-gtk2}}}<<BR>>

== Usage ==

Run {{{xfce4-panel --restart}}} and your panel might look half-empty.
Be sure to either backup your config (~/.config/xfce4/..) or be ready to recreate your panel by hand.
The first time you run it you might get crashes because gtk2 indicator backends are still running. You can ignore this.

== Known Issues ==

=== indicator-datetime config panel ===
You can't access it unless you are running Unity. This affects gnome-classic too. [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1074314|#1074314]]

=== Various indicators have no menu ===
This isn't specific to any DE. Test case affects Unity too. [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glipper/+bug/1203888/|#1203888]] (fixed in saucy and trusty.)

=== Datetime/Session indicators sometimes don't load at startup ===
Affects other sessions. [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1239710|#1239710]] (fix is in proposed.)