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XFCE 4.12 upgrade on Mint 17.1

I love Xfce and have been using it for years..

Finally 4.12 has been released but the ubuntu/mint ppa still only has 4.10 and I wanted all the new shiny things.

To upgrade 4.10 to 4.12 on mint/ubuntu simply run the following :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If you dont use Xfce yet, why not?! Simply run this :

sudo apt-get install xfce4

Warning: There is an issue with QT apps not using a the GTK+ theme.

Run :

sudo apt-get install qt4-qtconfig
sudo qtconfig-qt4 

And select the “Appearance” tab, set the “GUI Style” to “GTK+”, then select File > Save.

Warning : If I ran qtconfig-qt4 as my user (not sudo) the gtk+ theme would not stick.

One Response to “XFCE 4.12 upgrade on Mint 17.1”

  1. hardir Says:

    Thank you man!
    I struggled all day with this problem (LinuxMint 17.1) and the decision was much easier than I thought.

    Here is my translation of this post in Russian:
    http://www.mintlinux.ru/forum/thread9210.html#44678

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