#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-491

### Chapter 35. Xfce Desktop

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# Exo-4.20.0

## Introduction to Exo

Exo is a support library used in the Xfce desktop. It also has some helper applications that are used throughout Xfce.

### Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.20/exo-4.20.0.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: f059ec3d8686d4b322c42d19ebec0366

- Download size: 1.1 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 14 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (with tests)

### Exo Dependencies

#### Required

GTK-3.24.52, libxfce4ui-4.20.2, and libxfce4util-4.20.1

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.36.1

## Installation of Exo

Install Exo by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
    make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--enable-gtk-doc`: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

## Contents

Installed Programs: exo-desktop-item-edit and exo-open
Installed Libraries: libexo-2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/exo-2 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/exo-2

### Short Descriptions

exo-desktop-item-edit | is a command line utility to create or edit icons on the desktop
exo-open | is a command line frontend to the Xfce Preferred Applications framework. It can either be used to open a list of urls with the default URL handler or launch the preferred application for a certain category
`libexo-2.so` | contains additional widgets, a framework for editable toolbars, light-weight session management support and functions to automatically synchronise object properties (based on GObject Binding Properties)

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