1) The automatic scripts
XFCE 2.0.0 provides an easy and elegant way to setup XFCE as default desktop on a user account.
Just log in, and type
This will backup the .Xclients and .xinitrc files to a hidden directory, and replace original files with links to default XFCE files.
If you wish to remove XFCE, and backout to previous configuration files,
just use
That's it !
Well, if you want to know what XFCE really needs to startup, to make your own configurations files, keep reading this document, otherwise use xfce_setup and xfce_remove to setup and remove XFCE easily.
2) Start the X session
Once xfce_setup has been performed, just start X as usual (with startx, for example) and enjoy your new desktop environment !