Max Nikulin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't the issue that XFCE does not provide character map application out > of the box (at least as it is packaged for Debian)? > > I have a VM very close to default XFCE install configuration. I have not > found gucharmap in menus. On the host I have tried > > apt install --dry-run --install-recommends task-xfce-desktop > > and the application is not mentioned in the output. I am in doubts if > gucharmap mysteriously disappeared or it was never installed on the > particular machine.
OP here. I installed Debian 12 with XFCE on my desktop and my laptop something like a year ago. I moved from xubuntu which I had used for many years. These were clean, from scratch, installations but I had my 'list of added packages' from xubuntu (manually kept by me) which I added immediately after installation of Debian 12. As far as I can see I never explicitly added gucharmap (I've looked at my added files list back over 12 months or so). So I'm pretty sure it must have been installed by default or with something else, it certainly was installed and I'm sure I've used it in the last month or so. I have been trying quite a few new packages recently. If I decide not to use them I purge them. It may be that gnucharmap got lost in these additions and removals, either because it's got dependencies from something I added/removed or because of finger trouble on my part. Anyway, gucharmap was what I wanted and I'm pleased to have it back for those esoteric characters that aren't covered by (my setup of) a Multi_key. :-) -- Chris Green ยท
