How would you install all Gnome ports?

Chris Hodgins chodgins at cis.strath.ac.uk
Sun Feb 27 23:37:04 GMT 2005


Chris wrote:
> Chris Hodgins wrote:
> 
>> Chris wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Hodgins wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there an all inclusive command to install all Gnome ports from 
>>>>> within the ports tree?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not everything but enough to get you started:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/ports/x11/gnome2$ cat pkg-descr
>>>> GNU Network Object Model Environment
>>>>
>>>> This metaport installs the entire GNOME 2 desktop, including
>>>> the the most common user applications.  Other popular GNOME
>>>> applications can be installed from the other GNOME 2 metaports:
>>>>
>>>>     * x11/gnome2-fifth-toe
>>>>     * x11/gnome2-power-tools
>>>>     * editors/gnome2-office
>>>>     * devel/gnome2-hacker-tools
>>>>
>>>> WWW: http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perfect - this is exactly what I wanted. I'm a KDE munkie myself, but 
>>> I wanted to dabble w/Gnome.
>>>
>>> Thank you Chris H.
>>>
>>
>> I would also highly recommend Xfce4.2. :)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
> 
> I would - but I'm not into intense modification to my wm. A few teaks 
> here and there ore fine, but if I need to "learn" to setup a decent wm, 
> then it sorta defeats the purpose.
> 
> I love BSD under a wm, but I don't have the luxury of spending hours to 
> days makeing a "kick-ass" looking environment. That's just me tho - I 
> have seen what other can do - I lack the creative-eye to do that fancy 
> stuff.
> 

I am exactly the same.  The only things I have tweaked with Xfce are the 
general settings to get things the way I like them.  These are all in 
the gui based settings manager.  Xfce just seems to work.  Even the wife 
uses and likes it. :)

Chris


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