ToZ says this can't work on Mint 19. [quote]However, if you're running this on Mint 19, it won't work. For some reason, Mint isn't packaging the libxfce4panel-1.0 development/pc files that are required. It's only providing the newer libxfce4panel-2.0 files and the generic slider is still built on the previous (ie. not upgraded to gtk3 yet).[/quote] Any chance to upgrade the slider so it works on Mint 19? Here's my compile output, fwiw. THX [code] # ./autogen.sh Preparing package directory /mnt/D81CF64D1CF62662/Downloads/Linux/xfce4-generic-slider/xfce4-generic-slider-master... Running glib-gettextize --force --copy... Copying file po/Makefile.in.in Please add the files codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4 progtest.m4 from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory or directly to your aclocal.m4 file. You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/. Running intltoolize --automake --copy --force Patching file 'po/Makefile.in.in' Running libtoolize --force --copy... libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'. libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh' libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'. libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4' Running aclocal -I /usr/share/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros -I /usr/share//xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros -I /usr/share/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros -I /mnt/D81CF64D1CF62662/Downloads/Linux/xfce4-generic-slider/xfce4-generic-slider-master/m4... Running autoheader... Running automake --force-missing --add-missing --copy --gnu... configure.ac:45: installing './compile' configure.ac:36: installing './missing' panel-plugin/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp' Running autoconf... 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This should be reported to the Mint bug tracker.
Bug is invalid. It will build on Mint.
Yep, mint packagers need to sort it out or someone needs to port generic-slider to gtk3/libxfce4panel-2.0 (seems easy, I've got no time but I can give guidance).