best start/panel menu yet: whisker menu

[eXcalibur1234]

hi,

i saw this and i am stunned: http://gottcode.org/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/
i know there is the app-finder(alt+f2) in xfce and there is a start/panel menu in xfce, but whisker menu seems much more convenient for me.
do you have any idea how i can install this?

[tdockery97]

You can't. It looks like there are missing dependencies in Mint 15 Xfce. Same thing happened with the xfce4-xfapplet-plugin for mintmenu. It's beginning to look like Mint 15 Xfce still has some major problems.

Note: If you are running Mint 13 or 14 Xfce it may still work. You need to go here to download the appropriate .deb file for your system: http://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin&project=home%3Agottcode

[wayne128]

trying..

Here I try on Debian xfce tracking SID and run into version issue..
xfce4-panel (< 4.9) but 4.10.1-1

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wayne@debian:~$ apt-cache policy xfce4-panel
xfce4-panel:
  Installed: 4.10.1-1
  Candidate: 4.10.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 4.10.1-1 0

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root@debian:/home/wayne# apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin : Depends: xfce4-panel (< 4.9) but 4.10.1-1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@debian:/home/wayne# 

[booker]

It installed no problem from the PPA https://launchpad.net/~gottcode/+archive/gcppa in to my UberStudent 3.0 box.

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[tdockery97]

Confirmed. I just installed the Whisker Menu on Mint 15 Xfce running from live DVD using the above PPA. That means it will also work once it is installed to HDD.

[MtnDewManiac]

Reminds me of the menu you get when you press Alt-F2 and then hit your down-arrow button.

Actually, it reminds me more of mintMenu 5.3.8, which I added to my bottom panel (via XfApplet).

What, in your opinion, makes it the "best start/panel menu yet" for Xfce?

Regards,
MDM