https://github.com/runlevel5/cde-rpm

Common Desktop Environment RPMSpec for Fedora
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Common Desktop Environment RPMSpec for Fedora

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/runlevel5/cde-rpm
• Owner: runlevel5
• License: mit
• Created: 2026-05-14T21:57:41.000Z (2 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-06-03T03:58:43.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-06-03T05:04:33.733Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 155 KB
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  • Readme: README.Fedora
  • License: LICENSE

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CDE on Fedora

=============

Filesystem layout

-----------------

This package follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS):

    /usr/bin/dt*                    CDE binaries

    /usr/bin/Xsession               symlink -> /etc/cde/Xsession

    /usr/lib64/libDt*.so*           CDE shared libraries

    /usr/lib64/libtt*.so*           ToolTalk libraries

    /usr/lib64/{cde,dtksh}/         CDE-internal helpers

    /usr/libexec/cde/               CDE-internal libexec helpers

    /usr/include/{Dt,Tt,csa}/       development headers

    /usr/share/man/man{1,3,4,5,6}/  manual pages

    /usr/share/cde/                 CDE arch-independent data

        app-defaults/               X resource defaults per locale

        appconfig/                  types, icons, help, appmanager

        share/{backdrops,palettes}/

        infolib/                    dtinfo content

        lib/nls/msg/                X/Open NLS message catalogues

        fontaliases/                CDE -> X11 font alias table

    /etc/cde/

        config/                     Xsession.d, dtlogin scripts

        Xsession                    per-login bootstrap (real file)

        fontaliases/                same as above (different fontpath entry)

    /etc/pam.d/{dtlogin,dtsession}  PAM configuration

    /var/lib/cde/                   runtime state (tmp/, appconfig/)

    /usr/lib/systemd/system/dtlogin.service

    /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc.cmsd.service

    /usr/share/xsessions/cde.desktop

Display manager

---------------

dtlogin ships as a systemd display-manager.service alias. If you already

run gdm/sddm/lightdm, only one display manager can be active at a time:

    sudo systemctl disable gdm.service        # or sddm/lightdm

    sudo systemctl enable  dtlogin.service

    sudo reboot

To go back:

    sudo systemctl disable dtlogin.service

    sudo systemctl enable gdm.service

    sudo reboot

Starting CDE without dtlogin (startx)

-------------------------------------

You can also run CDE under your existing display manager by writing a

~/.xinitrc that calls CDE's session bootstrap:

    cat > ~/.xinitrc </*/*.tmsg and do not affect

runtime path lookup -- the EXEC_STRING fields and dt parser file paths

all honor the configure-time --with-cde-* overrides. The cosmetic

mismatch is left for a future cleanup pass over the .tmsg files.

Building from source

--------------------

To build by hand without RPM with the same FHS layout:

    ./autogen.sh

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \

                --with-pam-dir=/etc/pam.d \

                --with-cde-data-dir=/usr/share/cde \

                --with-cde-config-dir=/etc/cde \

                --with-cde-state-dir=/var/lib/cde \

                --with-cde-libexec-dir=/usr/libexec/cde \

                --enable-german --enable-french --enable-spanish \

                --enable-italian --enable-japanese --enable-docs

    make

    sudo make install