[SOLVED] Remove XFCE and use only LXDE or Mate

[sagsaw]

HTOP does not work because it requires xfce4-terminal so installed it. Any work around for the requirement of xfce4-terminal???

I'm not seeing here that htop specifically requires xfce4-terminal.

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$ apt-cache depends htop
htop
  Depends: libc6
  Depends: libncursesw5
  Depends: libtinfo5
  Suggests: lsof
  Suggests: strace
  Conflicts: htop:i386

I think htop should pretty much work with any of the terminal emulators. Did you install lxterminal (LXDE) or mate-terminal (MATE)?

Yes LXDE installed all its components including lxterminal ... when I click on the htop menu it give me this error xfce4-terminal not found.

If i run it inside a terminal it very much works. ITs only when i click on the menu that i get this error.

[sagsaw]

running synaptic-pk gives error attached in the screenshot

That seems to be failing because it's attempting to authorise as the root user — did you supply your user password instead?

In respect of htop, I can install that in a bare console without X so there must be another package that has x-terminal-emulator as a dependency — you can install any of the terminals listed on the linked page to fulfill that dependency.

I did provide the root password ... but you can see the error in the screen shot ..The Synaptic does not launch after I click it from the menu.

For synapti cto launch from a terminal i have to enter sudo synaptic-pkexec

but after xfce removeal and lxde install Synaptic does not launch from the menu click.

With regards to htop ...again it runs when command is entered in terminal. But when clicked from menu it gives the mentioned error to mitigate which i had to install xfce4-terminal

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I did provide the root password

Check /var/log/auth.log for any clues as to why it may have refused that.

And also perhaps try this solution: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues ... -335350903

But I'm pretty sure pkttyagent should ask for the user password instead

when clicked from menu it gives the mentioned error to mitigate which i had to install xfce4-terminal

Try

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exo-preferred-applications

And change the terminal in the "utilities" tab.

EDIT: probably best to choose x-terminal-emulator to unify the setting with whatever the alternative is.

[sagsaw]

Well will chk ..

Ok what i did was first install lxde and them remove xfce .... This way it gave it the opportunity to auto configure alternatives ... It did ... It changed display manager login manager desktop environment windowmanger n everything thays required so that after reboot i am on lxde smoothly ...


Also while xfce was removed i saw messages saying xfce terminal was replaced woth lxterminal

But htop refused to work ... Other terminal based programs when run from menu alao worked.

I also checked the htop.desktop file but it has no references to xfceterminal

[JayM]

Check Preferred Applications in your Settings application, Utilities tab, and make sure the default terminal emulator isn't still set to Xfce Terminal.

(Edit: never mind, Head_on_a_stick already suggested that.)