Binary Distribution

           
          If you do not feel like compiling XFCE yourself, a binary pre-compiled version of XFCE is available.

          1) Downloading the distribution

          The binary pre-compiled distribution of XFCE is a gziped tar archive. The application is compiled with XForms statically linked, so you do not even have to set up XForms on your system.

          2) Installing the distribution

          The archive contains the right path, so all you have to do is unpacking it at the root
           

            $ tar -xvzf xfce-2.0.0.static.bin.tar.gz -C /
             
           3) How to use RPM format (from Red Hat)

          Just a few tips on how to use RPM (for more informations about RPM, please use rpm --help or man rpm) :
           

          • rpm -ivh <package>.i386.rpm

          • Install package
          • rpm -U <package>.i386.rpm

          • Update package
          • rpm -e <package>

          • Remove package and all its files
          • rpm -ba <spec>

          • Rebuild the whole package using the "spec" file.