How would you install all Gnome ports?

Chris Hodgins chodgins at cis.strath.ac.uk
Sun Feb 27 23:51:29 GMT 2005


Chris wrote:
> Chris Hodgins wrote:
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>> Chris wrote:
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>>> Chris Hodgins wrote:
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>>>> Chris wrote:
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>>>>> Chris Hodgins wrote:
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>>>>>> Chris wrote:
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>>>>>>> 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
>>
>>
> 
> So to install, xfce4-desktop? xfce4-wm? or just xfce4?
> 

Xfce4 is the meta-port.  If you install this, it should take care of the 
rest. :)

Chris


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