Installing XPDE
Dear all,
I visited the site XPDE (XP Desktop Environment) & was impressed by the screenshots. I downloaded the 10.5MB tar.gz file (version 0.4.0-20030730). I unpacked it using Ark in KDE. By the way I use Mandrake 9. I installed it by using the command ./install.sh. This script created a directory called /opt/xpde. But after that my login menu gave no option to run XPDE. How to include the option to run XPDE in login drop-down menu?
I serached the net for some guidance. I did the following based on posts in the XPDE site:
a) Copied the file xinitrcDEFAULT from the source directory home/my name/xpde-X.X.X/xinitrcDEFAULT
b) Renamed it and made it executable:
# mv xinitrcDEFAULT xpde
# chmod +x xpde
c) Made a soft link to this file on my /usr/local/bin
# ln -s /opt/xpde/bin/xpde /usr/local/bin/XPde
d) I created a file which specifies all the data needs the display manager to load XPde.
# vi /etc/X11/wmsession.d/08XPde
Pressed i to start typing and type this:
NAME=XPde
EXEC=/usr/local/bin/XPde
DESC=XPde Desktop Environment
SCRIPT:
exec /usr/local/bin/XPde
I rebooted. But the option was still not there. What went wrong. Currently I want to install XPDE from scratch. I love the XP look.
Thanx.
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