Installation
From LXDE.org
| LXDE | ||
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| Developer | The LXDE Team | |
| First released | 2006 | |
| Latest preview version | 0.3.2.1 | |
| Release date and age | 2009-01-26 | |
| Frequently updated | yes | |
| Programming language | C, GTK+ | |
| Platform | Cross-platform (Linux, BSD) | |
| Language | Multilingual (more than 35 different languages) | |
| Genre | Desktop environment | |
| License | GNU General Public License, LGPL | |
| Website | lxde.org | |
| Download | download.lxde.org | |
Welcome on the installation page of LXDE. Here you can find instructions to install LXDE on your PC. You can choose to install LXDE onto an existing system or you could download and install an operating system with LXDE already installed.
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Download an LXDE-powered operating system
Download a distribution that offers LXDE as a standard desktop environment and follow their installer. The LXDE website also offers a download of Linux with LXDE at http://download.lxde.org.
Distributions offering LXDE by default: Lubuntu, Parted Magic (not for daily use), Knoppix, moonOS LXDE Edition, Sabayon, PCLinuxOS LXDE,
Install LXDE onto an existing Linux system
Specific instructions
Specific instructions are available for: Android, Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, Fedora, Foresight, FreeBSD, Frugalware, Gentoo, Mandriva, Pardus, Zenwalk
General instructions
Check which general instructions you need to follow for specific distributions of Linux:
Ubuntu or Debian based
This method is likely to work on BlankOn, CrunchBang, Baltix, Greenie, Deepin (Hiweed), PCLinuxOS (APT but with RPM)[1], eXPress-linux
Open a terminal as root and type: apt-get install lxde. If you want to use the Lubuntu-packages, type apt-get install lubuntu-core lubuntu-icon-theme lubuntu-restricted-extras.
Fedora or other RPM-based distro's
This method is likely to work on CentOS (yum), Fedora and Mandriva (urpmi)
On Fedora, open a terminal as root and type: yum install lxde. On Mandriva, type urpmi lxde-task.
Non-specific
- Open your package (program) manager for example Synaptic
- Search for LXDE or install/uninstall programs,
- Choose the LXDE meta package or install (It might have a name like "task-lxde")
- If prompted, choose lxsession lite. (lxsession is deprecated.)
- For netbooks, search for LXLauncher and also mark it for installation.
- Confirm installation (the system will download and install LXDE)
- Restart your computer and confirm to choose LXDE as new desktop environment (logout may work also)
- For netbooks, open a terminal window and type lxlauncher. This will start lxlauncher.
Congratulations, LXDE is installed!
Installing LXDE from source
Please refer to the developers section at download.lxde.org. Also see Discussion Page.
Running LXDE
This works on Mandriva (GNOME) and Ubuntu-based distros offering GNOME - most other systems are probably similar.
From the menu, select:
- System -> Administration -> Login window
This will give you a dialogue box:
- You may want to uncheck "Default session" so it gives you a choice at login (not sure if this works). When trying a new desktop environment this makes sense, so if there are major problems, it's easy to use a different one next time. Once you have settled on a new choice, you may wish to set this as default.
- Under "Security" if you uncheck "Automatic login" it will give you a dialog box to enter your password at startup. (This gives you time to make your choice.) Then, at startup, look for the session options. This might be a symbol like a paper and pen, displayed under the password box and next to the shutdown symbol. Choose LXDE, and start up. This should be all you need.
Customizing LXDE
Information about customizing LXDE is available on pages in the Configuration category.
External link
- ↑ PCLinuxOS was forked from Mandriva and is using RPM. However, it uses a special version of APT for installing RPM-packages
| LXDE on Linux |
| Android | Arch Linux | CRUX | Debian | Fedora | Foresight | Frugalware | Gentoo | Mandriva | moonOS | Myah OS | OpenWrt | Pardus | Parted Magic | PCLinuxOS | Peppermint OS | Sabayon | Sidux | Slackware | SuSE | TinyMe | Ubuntu | VectorLinux | XO | Zenwalk | (more) |
| LXDE on BSD and Unix |
| FreeBSD | OpenSolaris | PC-BSD |
