Gtk3Indicators

Revision 3 as of 2013-09-17 22:13:15

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

prepare and install dev packages:
sudo apt-get build-dep xfce4-panel
sudo apt-get build-dep xfce4-indicator-plugin

get xfce panel from git:

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

get libxfce4ui from git:
git clone git://git.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui
./autogen.sh --enable-gtk3
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

get indicator-plugin from git:
git clone git://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-indicator-plugin
./autogen.sh
(if you used --prefix=/usr before, use it again here)
make
sudo make install

then 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.