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* mention gnome2-fifth-toe

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "../..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml,v 1.34 2002/07/05 06:31:40 marcus Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 1.4.1 FAQ">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml,v 1.35 2002/08/25 19:12:55 marcus Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 1.4 FAQ">
<!ENTITY % gnomeincludes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %gnomeincludes;
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../../includes.sgml"> %includes;
]>
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<tt># pkg_add -r gnome</tt>
<p>This will download the latest GNOME packages from the FreeBSD FTP
site, and proceed to install them on your system. <b>Note:</b> As
of 4.4-RELEASE, installing GNOME from packages contained on a
release CDROM is broken. You should instead use the ports
site, and proceed to install them on your system. <b>Note:</b>
Installing GNOME from packages contained in the 4.4-RELEASE
release CDROM was broken. You should instead use the ports
method below. The problem was fixed in the 4.5-RELEASE.</p>
<p>To build and install GNOME from ports, you should first
@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ WITH_GTK=yes
Vim, to take advantage of the Gtk+ widget set.</p>
<p>Currently, building from ports is the preferred method for
installing GNOME on FreeBSD, however FreeBSD GNOME team is working
on improving situation with pre-built packages.</p>
installing GNOME on FreeBSD; however, the FreeBSD GNOME team is
working on improving the installation of pre-built packages.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br></td></tr>
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<tr>
<td width="10"> <br> </td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<p>The majority of GNOME compilation problems can be solved by making
sure all the necessary GNOME components are up-to-date. All GNOME
applications require the following core components to build:</p>
<p>The majority of GNOME compilation problems can be solved by
making sure all the necessary GNOME components are up-to-date.
All GNOME applications require the following core components to
build:</p>
<pre>
pkg-config
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</pre>
<p>Verify all those components are up-to-date, then try building
GNOME or your GNOME application again. You may see compiler errors
relating to pthreads (POSIX threads), such as:</p>
GNOME or your GNOME application again. You may see compiler
errors relating to pthreads (POSIX threads), such as:</p>
<pre>
undefined reference to 'strerror_r'
@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ undefined reference to 'strerror_r'
compiled into your kernel:</p>
<pre>
options P1003_1B
options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
</pre>
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<p>Ports such as <tt>devel/pth</tt> and <tt>devel/ngpt</tt> can
also cause pthread-related problems when compiling GNOME. If you
do not need these ports installed, it is recommended you remove them.
do not need these ports installed, it is recommended that you remove them.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="10">
<b><a name="q3"> 3.</a></b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<b>I installed GNOME, but I'm missing application foo. What gives?</b>
<b>I installed GNOME, but I'm missing application foo. What gives?
</b>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- A3 -->
@ -173,7 +174,9 @@ options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
Installing <tt>gnome-fifth-toe</tt> from packages was broken
broken on 4.4-RELEASE (fixed in 4.5-RELEASE).</p>
<tt># pkg_add -r gnome-fifth-toe</tt>
<pre>
# pkg_add -r gnome-fifth-toe
</pre>
<p>To build <tt>gnome-fifth-toe</tt> from ports:</p>
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</pre>
<p>A full list of GNOME applications that have been ported to
FreeBSD can be found <a href="../../ports/gnome.html">here</a>.</p>
FreeBSD can be found <a href="../../ports/gnome.html">here</a>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br></td></tr>
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<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<p>GNOME and KDE are both desktop environments. GNOME is based on
the GTK+ widget set, and is primarily written in C. KDE on the
other hand is based on the QT widget set, and is primarily written
in C++.</p>
other hand is based on the QT widget set, and is primarily
written in C++.</p>
<p>Both environments offer a wide range of applications from toys and
games to full-blown office suites. Both are actively developed and
ported to FreeBSD. If you're trying to decide which one to call
your own, try them both, and see which one <b>you</b> like better.
<p>Both environments offer a wide range of applications from toys
and games to full-blown office suites. Both are actively
developed and ported to FreeBSD. If you're trying to decide
which one to call your own, try them both, and see which one
<b>you</b> like better.
</p>
<p>You can read more about KDE on FreeBSD at
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<p>If you want even more themes, checkout
<a href="http://gtk.themes.org">http://gtk.themes.org</a>. Note,
you will probably need to install the <tt>gtk-engines-collection</tt>
before using any of the pixmap themes from themes.org.</p>
you will probably need to install the
<tt>gtk-engines-collection</tt> before using any of the pixmap
themes from themes.org.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br></td></tr>
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<td width="10"> <br> </td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<p>The <tt>gnome</tt> meta-port installs the
<a href="http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/">Sawfish</a> window manager
by default. However, there are other window managers you can use
with GNOME. These include:</p>
<a href="http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/">Sawfish</a> window
manager by default. However, there are other window managers
you can use with GNOME. These include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/pages/main.html">Enlightenment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/pages/main.html">
Enlightenment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fvwm.org/">FVWM2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.windowmaker.org/">WindowMaker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.afterstep.org/">Afterstep</a></li>
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the Linux version of <tt>libxalflaunch.so.0</tt> in
<tt>/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib</tt>, and will be used
instead of the FreeBSD binary when launching Linux
applications. You may see the following error after installing
<tt>linux-xalf</tt>:</p>
applications. You may see the following error after
installing <tt>linux-xalf</tt>:</p>
<pre>
/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libkrb.so.3" not found
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and KDE are still far from perfection or even completeness and
could hardly be compared to commercial offerings in terms of
user-friendliness. But at the same time it is a huge step in the
right direction. It should also be noted, that both GNOME and
right direction. It should also be noted that both GNOME and
KDE are still very young and the situation is likely to improve as
they mature (does anybody remember what sort of crap
Windows 3.11 was?).</p>
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<td width="10">
<b><a name="q11"> 11.</a></b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<b>How do I enable Java support in the Mozilla or Galeon web browser?</b>
<b>How do I enable Java support in the Mozilla or Galeon web
browser?</b>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- A11 -->
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install the Java Development Kit available from the <tt>java/jdk13
</tt>port (version 1.3.1p6 or later is required) and restart the
browser. Please note that if the version of the Mozilla package
installed on your computer is less than 0.9.8_2,1 then you also need
to use the following command to create the symbolic link required for
the Java plugin to work:</p>
installed on your computer is less than 0.9.8_2,1 then you also
need to use the following command to create the symbolic link
required for the Java plugin to work:</p>
<pre>
# ln -sf /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
/usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "../..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/faq2.sgml,v 1.15 2002/09/22 06:47:22 marcus Exp $">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/faq2.sgml,v 1.16 2002/10/02 23:52:49 marcus Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 2.0 FAQ">
<!ENTITY % gnomeincludes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %gnomeincludes;
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../../includes.sgml"> %includes;
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<li> <a href="#q3">I installed GNOME 2.0, but I am missing
application foo. What gives?</a>
<li> <a href="#q4">What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME
1.4.1 to GNOME 2.0?</a>
1.4 to GNOME 2.0?</a>
<li> <a href="#q5">How do I keep my GNOME 2.0 components
and applications up-to-date?</a>
<li> <a href="#q6">Can I install GNOME 1.4.1 applications under
<li> <a href="#q6">Can I install GNOME 1.4 applications under
GNOME 2.0 and vice versa?</a>
<li> <a href="#q7">Where can I get more themes for GNOME 2.0?</a>
<li> <a href="#q8">What window managers work well with GNOME 2.0?
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<p>Ports such as <tt>devel/pth</tt> and <tt>devel/ngpt</tt> can
also cause pthread-related problems when compiling GNOME 2.0.
If you do not need these ports installed, it is recommended
If you do not need these ports installed, it is recommended that
you remove them.
</p>
</td>
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have not been a great deal of applications ported over to it.
As more applications become available, they will be ported
over. In the meantime, you can, however, run
<a href="#q6">GNOME 1.4.1 applications</a> under GNOME 2.0.</p>
<a href="#q6">GNOME 1.4 applications</a> under GNOME 2.0.</p>
<p>Many applications that have already been ported are included
in the <tt>gnome2-fifth-toe</tt> meta-port.
<tt>gnome2-fifth-toe</tt> includes GNOME 2.0 versions
of some GNOME 1.4 applications. Note, many of these
applications are still in the early development stages,
and may not be very stable.</p>
<p>To install <tt>gnome2-fifth-toe</tt> from packages:</p>
<pre>
# pkg_add -r gnome2-fifth-toe
</pre>
<p>To install <tt>gnome2-fifth-toe</tt> from ports:</p>
<pre>
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2-fifth-toe
# make clean
# make install clean
</pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br></td></tr>
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<td width="10">
<b><a name="q4"> 4.</a></b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<b>What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME 1.4.1 to GNOME 2.0?
<b>What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME 1.4 to GNOME 2.0?
</b>
</td>
</tr>
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<p>Right now, the GNOME project is still very much in flux.
Work still must be done to the GNOME ports infrastructure in
order to get things working cleanly. However, if you have
GNOME 1.4.1, and you want to upgrade to GNOME 2.0, first
GNOME 1.4, and you want to upgrade to GNOME 2.0, first
familiarize yourself with the <a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.0/installation.html#upgrading">official</a> upgrade instructions from
the GNOME site. Next, make sure your GNOME 1.4.1 ports are
up-to-date, then remove the following GNOME 1.4.1 packages from
the GNOME site. Next, make sure your GNOME 1.4 ports are
up-to-date, then remove the following GNOME 1.4 packages from
the system:</p>
<pre>
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eog
</pre>
<p>After those packages are removed, you can build GNOME 2.0 per the
instructions listed above.</p>
<p>After those packages are removed, you can build GNOME 2.0 as per
the instructions listed above.</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="10">
<b><a name="q6"> 6.</a></b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<b>Can I install GNOME 1.4.1 applications under GNOME 2.0 and vice
<b>Can I install GNOME 1.4 applications under GNOME 2.0 and vice
versa?</b>
</td>
</tr>
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<tr>
<td width="10"> <br> </td>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
<p>Sure! Right now, the FreeBSD GNOME team is in the process or
migrating all GNOME 1.4.1 ports to a new build infrastructure.
<p>Sure! Right now, the FreeBSD GNOME team is in the process of
migrating all GNOME 1.4 ports to a new build infrastructure.
This new infrastructure, called <b>GNOMENG</b>, will allow
GNOME 2 users to install GNOME 1.4.1 ports without overwriting
GNOME 2 users to install GNOME 1.4 ports without overwriting
their GNOME 2 desktop.</p>
<p>Before building a GNOME 1.4.1 port under GNOME 2, take a
<p>Before building a GNOME 1.4 port under GNOME 2, take a
look at the port's Makefile, and check that it contains:</p>
<pre>
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<p>In that case, send email to
<a href="mailto:&email;@FreeBSD.org">&email;@FreeBSD.org</a>
mention the name of the port, and we will convert it to the
mentioning the name of the port, and we will convert it to the
new layout. Alternatively, you are free to convert the port
yourself, and submit a PR.</p>
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supfile contains the <b>ports-all</b> tag.
</p>
<p>To run GNOME 2.0 applications under GNOME 1.4.1, you will need
to make sure your GNOME 1.4.1 components are up-to-date, then
<p>To run GNOME 2.0 applications under GNOME 1.4, you will need
to make sure your GNOME 1.4 components are up-to-date, then
install the <tt>gnome2-devel</tt> port. To install this port
do the following:</p>
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<ol>
<li> If you have any theme engine references, you will have
to make sure there is a corresponding GTK+ 2 theme engine,
otherwise remove the engine entries.</li>
to make sure there is a corresponding GTK+ 2 theme engine.
Otherwise, remove the engine entries.</li>
<li> The default font specification should be outside of
any <tt>style</tt> blocks and should be specified with
the <tt>gtk-font-name</tt> keyword. For example: