Idesk

= Idesk Guide for Fluxbox = In this guide we will install idesk from source. Best use the packages for your distribution as described at installing software.

Here is what we will need

 * xdialog xdialog
 * idesk idesk
 * idesk-extras idesk-extras

xdialog
tar xvfj Xdialog-2.1.2.tar.bz2 cd (type a few letters and press tab to finish) make su make install
 * untar it

idesk
tar xzvf idesk-0.7.0.tar.gz cd make su make install no need for configure
 * untar it

idesk-extras
idesk-extras is .tgz so tar xzvf next make sure you are in /home/yourname cd then touch .ideskrc and copy and paste this ;http://idesk.sourceforge.net/usage.html you can edit the file to change the icons etc. I like the gentoo icons I make a dir /usr/share/idesk/icons and put the icons I like in there ;http://www.gentoo.org/images/icons/icons.tar.bz2

If you are installing idesk-extras from the tarball, first unpack the archive, then: Make a folder called /usr/share/idesk, then move the icons/ folder from the archive into it. Next put the idesktool utility into /usr/bin (or somewhere else in your $PATH) The documentation can go into /usr/share/doc/idesk-extras/

next open a terminal (not as root) type idesktool and that is it. When it opens the first thing add a new icon OK then icon caption lets say its xmms next left click command xmms then pick your icon thats it you are done. Now add idesk to your startup script, I use .xinitrc so its idesk & exec fluxbox Have fun