How to install xfce 4.12 on ubuntu 12.04

Solution 1:

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.