Installing Xfce 4.4.2 on the eeePC w/ EeeXubuntu

After installation of eeeXubuntu on the ASUS eeePc, I wanted to install the latest version of Xfce, which is 4.4.2. I used the graphical installer from the Xfce.org website. For the most part, I followed the documentation. I didn’t have to install gcc and cpp, as I already had the newest releases. And the document doesn’t mention libxml2-dev libvte-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libhal-storage-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libjpeg62-dev, but when I started the installation, I found I needed to install these as well.

# sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libice-dev libsm-dev libxpm-dev gcc cpp libxml2-dev libvte-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libhal-storage-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libjpeg62-dev

I just downloaded the installer in a download directory I use. Just as the directions indicated, I made the installer executable.

# chmod +x xfce4-4.4.2-installer.run

I wanted to install for all users, so I just used the sudo install method.

# sudo ./xfce4-4.4RC2-installer.run

The only option I left checked was the `Setup Display Managers`. I unchecked the `ALSA` option. The installation kept failing when it got the MCS Manager make step. To fix this, I installed gettext.

# sudo apt-get install gettext

This appears to have fixed the problem, as I was able to run the installer again and it completed without errors.

So far the only problems I have had is that the right mouse click on the touchpad doesn’t work on the desktop. I have to click on one of the existing icons on the desktop to get the popup menu. If anyone knows how to fix this, please post below.