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Can I please make a request that DockbarX be included in the repository? I have not found it anywhere.

Thanks.

theadrian wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:46 pm Can I please make a request that DockbarX be included in the repository? I have not found it anywhere.

DockbarX is becoming a bit of a pain, there is now a GTK3 version but this one doesn’t work with the dockbarx xfce panel plugin.

I was going to repackage the older GTK2 version so that folks could also use the panel plugin. The GTK2 version was working fine in the MX-19 betas.

I can package both but that might be a bit confusing for users.

I'm also looking forward to dockbarx and the xfce panel plugin which is a very useful add on to the distribution ))

vit.frost wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:46 am I'm also looking forward to dockbarx and the xfce panel plugin which is a very useful add on to the distribution ))

I am working on the GTK3 version, it looks like Arch as both dockbarx and the plugin built for GTK3.

Rebuilding the GTK2 version would be easier and quicker, but that means bringing in packages that are no longer available, and that isn’t a good long term solution as it won’t work with XFCE 4.16 once they drop support for GTK2.

I understand these are hot packages for a lot of users, please be patient as we do this in our free time.

Thank you for your very important work. We're waiting ))

yep, thanks for your work !

This is what i do for install the xfce dockbarx plugin on my mx 19, and it work for me..
With the "disco" repos, i've no dependency problem, and yes, i know, it's an ubuntu ppa, but it work well on my mx system, so...

OK we should try

Yes it works) runs as a panel docke and xfce4-dockbarx-plugin But I do not work dbx_preference something with dbus
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dbx_preference", line 2322, in <module>
PrefDialog()
File "/usr/bin/dbx_preference", line 441, in __init__
self.__load_theme()
File "/usr/bin/dbx_preference", line 1399, in __load_theme
self.themes = self.__find_themes()
File "/usr/bin/dbx_preference", line 1436, in __find_themes
theme_folder = os.path.join(get_app_homedir(), "themes")
NameError: global name 'get_app_homedir' is not defined

You're taking a risk adding an Ubuntu PPA. There are warnings about this in various places, including the MX FAQs.

Enough said.

this is a test system on which I put experiments

this is a test system on which I put experiments

this is a test system on which I put experiments

asqwerth wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:33 am You're taking a risk adding an Ubuntu PPA. There are warnings about this in various places, including the MX FAQs.

Enough said.

some guys never learn

Yet it's good to know that the PPA seems to work for vit.frost, so maybe it can be ported to the MX repos.

vit.frost wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:08 am this is a test system on which I put experiments

Once is enough, no need to spam the topic.

I'm sorry it was an accident

dockbar and plugin work fine no only appearance settings not critical but still )

Dockbarx and the plugin (gtk2 version) were already proven to work in the MX-19 betas, but it was dirty solution.

I am still working on packaging this officially via the gtk3 version. The gtk2 version won’t be good long term like I already said.

I am aware of that PPA but it doesn’t seem to be the actual source from Git if I remember right.

Besides the PPA not being official from the developer, as already stated PPAs shouldn’t be used with MX to begin with.

@ vit.frost : On my system dbx-preference work fine..

Turn out. The fact is that initially I installed the package under su. Deleted the package, then manually deleted all directories. Put the package through Sudo everything worked.

I'm going to try this but hopefully the upgraded version comes out soon.

I can't wait until it come to mx linux :)

Yep, dockbarx is now in test repo ! Thanks for that