How to install xfce 4.12 on ubuntu 12.04

Question

As per the question, how can I install xfce 4.12 on ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32-bit). I tried this ppa https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/xfce-4.12 But there werent any upgrade packages after updating the repository.

Solution

As per the PPA, you need to enable 4.10 PPA for 4.12

• ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
• ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12

Do

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade # if you have already installed xfce4

otherwise

sudo apt-get install xfce4

NOTE: make sure python-software-properties and software-properties-common are installed.

Comments

[Asa Oppenheimer]

But how to upgrade to a new version?

[gcoder]

Tried above steps, it installed xfce 4.10. Still xfce 4.12 packages are not available. xfce4-about version 4.10

[Terry Wang]

Looking at the 4.12 ppa, it appears that the latest 4.12 packages are not available there yet. That's why you didn't get it.