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In the .desktop file, "NoDisplay=true" causes fluxbox to not appear in the LightDM session selection menu, this needs to be set to false or omitted. Normally, this is used to hide things like fluxbox from regular desktop menus, but this isn't a problem here since it's in /usr/share/xsessions, so won't appear in normal menus anyway.

Fkuxbox 1.3.7 has just been released:
http://www.fluxbox.org/news/

Build problem is caused by imlib2-config bug FS#39345

build dies:

g++ -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -lrt -lSM -lICE -o fluxbox ArrowButton.o FbAtoms.o FbWinFrame.o FbWinFrameTheme.o fluxbox.o Keys.o main.o cli_cfiles.o cli_options.o cli_info.o RootTheme.o FbRootWindow.o OSDWindow.o TooltipWindow.o Screen.o WinButton.o WinButtonTheme.o Window.o WindowState.o Workspace.o FbCommands.o LayerMenu.o FbMenu.o WinClient.o Xutil.o CurrentWindowCmd.o WorkspaceCmd.o TextDialog.o CommandDialog.o SendToMenu.o AlphaMenu.o FbMenuParser.o StyleMenuItem.o RootCmdMenuItem.o MenuCreator.o ClientMenu.o ClientPattern.o WorkspaceMenu.o HeadArea.o Resources.o WindowCmd.o FocusControl.o CascadePlacement.o ColSmartPlacement.o MinOverlapPlacement.o RowSmartPlacement.o ScreenPlacement.o UnderMousePlacement.o AttentionNoticeHandler.o IconButton.o IconbarTheme.o FocusableList.o Ewmh.o Remember.o Slit.o SlitTheme.o SlitClient.o Toolbar.o ToolbarTheme.o ToolbarItem.o ClockTool.o WorkspaceNameTool.o IconbarTool.o ToolTheme.o GenericTool.o ButtonTool.o ButtonTheme.o ToolFactory.o SystemTray.o FbTk/libFbTk.a defaults.o -L/usr/lib -lImlib2 @my_libs@
g++: error: @my_libs@: No such file or directory
Makefile:587: recipe for target 'fluxbox' failed

Fixed, thanks.

line 40: typo spotted.
change
cd $$pkgname/
to
cd $pkgname

Well, that was a hot mess. Anyway, updated.

Hi Ranguvar,

This pkgbuild would certainly benefit from a update.

As per the official fluxbox package:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/fluxbox

1 - dependencies should be (confirmed by namcap):
depends=('libxft' 'libxpm' 'libxinerama' 'libxrandr' 'imlib2' 'fribidi')
optdepends=('xorg-xmessage: for using the fbsetbg and fluxbox-generate_menu utilities')

2 - as mentioned by mar77i, "|| return 1" is no longer necessary

3 - fluxbox.desktop now should go under /usr/share/xsessions

4 - backup=('usr/bin/startfluxbox') -> I don't think this was ever required

Here's my updated pkgbuild (for reference): http://pastebin.com/fAXstskL

Thanks.

Hi Ranguvar,

This pkgbuild needs an update.

As per the official fluxbox package:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/fluxbox

1 - dependencies should be (confirmed by namcap):
depends=('libxft' 'libxpm' 'libxinerama' 'libxrandr' 'imlib2' 'fribidi')
optdepends=('xorg-xmessage: for using the fbsetbg and fluxbox-generate_menu utilities')

2 - as mentioned by mar77i, "|| return 1" is no longer necessary

3 - fluxbox.desktop now should go under /usr/share/xsessions

4 - "conflicts=('fluxbox')" -> this is redundant since you have already "provides=('fluxbox')"
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#conflicts

5 - backup=('usr/bin/startfluxbox') -> I don't think this was ever necessary

Updated pkgbuild (for reference): http://pastebin.com/TfDBnx1Z

Thanks.

Hi Ranguvar,

This pkgbuild needs an update.

As per the official fluxbox package:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/fluxbox

1 - dependencies should be (confirmed by namcap):
depends=('libxft' 'libxpm' 'libxinerama' 'libxrandr' 'imlib2' 'fribidi')
optdepends=('xorg-xmessage: for using the fbsetbg and fluxbox-generate_menu utilities')

2 - as mentioned by mar77i, "|| return 1" is no longer necessary

3 - fluxbox.desktop now should go under /usr/share/xsessions

4 - "conflicts=('fluxbox')" -> this is redundant since you have already "provides=('fluxbox')"
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#conflicts

5 - backup=('usr/bin/startfluxbox') -> I don't think this was ever necessary

Update pkgbuild (for reference): http://pastebin.com/TfDBnx1Z

Thanks.