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| dev:howto:panel_plugins [2024/02/20 11:29] – [Xfce Panel Plugins How To] update links gael | dev:howto:panel_plugins [2024/03/26 18:11] (current) – [Testing and Releasing the plugin] gael |
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| For creating a release you need to run ''./autogen.sh && make distcheck''. Fix all warnings and errors in make distcheck before distributing the package. | For creating a release you need to run ''./autogen.sh && make distcheck''. Fix all warnings and errors in make distcheck before distributing the package. |
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| To help development, you can also test plugins without installing them on panel's prefix (e.g. /usr), you can also directly run plugins from the source so you don't need to to overwrite a plugin version from your distribution. To accomplish this, build the plugin with make and then follow these steps: | To help development, you can also test plugins without installing them on panel's prefix (e.g. /usr). As for 4.19.4, you can install the plugin in a directory of XDG_DATA_DIRS or in XDG_HOME_DIR, and the panel should find it. In particular, a default plugin installation in /usr/local with a panel in /usr should work on its own (or a plugin installation in ~/.local without root permissions). |
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| | You can also directly run plugins from the source so you don't need to overwrite a plugin version from your distribution. To accomplish this, build the plugin with make and then follow these steps: |
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| * Create a symbolic link from your plugin binary to the panel's prefix installation, e.g. ''ln -s /home/johndoe/where/your/src/is/panel-plugin/.libs/libyourplugin.so /usr/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libyourplugin-git.so'' | * Create a symbolic link from your plugin binary to the panel's prefix installation, e.g. ''ln -s /home/johndoe/where/your/src/is/panel-plugin/.libs/libyourplugin.so /usr/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libyourplugin-git.so'' |