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Maxim Sobolev 2002-01-09 00:16:58 +00:00
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@ -43,19 +43,21 @@
<P>This will download the latest GNOME packages from the FreeBSD FTP
site, and proceed to intall them on your system. <B>Note:</B> As of
4.4-STABLE, installing GNOME from packages is broken. You should
instead use the ports method below.</P>
4.4-RELEASE, installing GNOME from packages contained on a release
CDROM is broken. You should instead use the ports method below.</P>
<P>To build and install GNOME from ports, you should first
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html">cvsup</a> the latest ports tree. Then:</P>
<PRE>
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome
# make all install clean
# make clean
# make install clean
</PRE>
<P>Building from ports is the preferred method for installing GNOME
on FreeBSD.</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-buit packages.</P>
<P>After GNOME is installed, you should edit <tt>/etc/make.conf</tt>,
and add the following lines. If <tt>/etc/make.conf</tt> does not
@ -91,9 +93,9 @@ WITH_GNOME=yes
<PRE>
pkg-config
Glib
glib
gettext
Gtk+
gtk+
ORBit
Imlib
esound
@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ gnomecore
<P>To install <tt>gnome-fifth-toe</tt> from packages. <B>Note</B>:
Installing <tt>gnome-fifth-toe</tt> from packages is currently broken on
4.4-STABLE.</P>
4.4-RELEASE.</P>
<TT># pkg_add -r gnome-fifth-toe</TT>
@ -140,11 +142,12 @@ gnomecore
<PRE>
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome-fifth-toe
# make all install clean
# make clean
# make install clean
</PRE>
<P>A full list of GNOME applications that have been ported to FreeBSD can
be found <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/gnome.html">here</a>.</P>
be found <a href="../../ports/gnome.html">here</a>.</P>
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@ -164,9 +167,9 @@ gnomecore
<P>I find that <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade</tt>
works really well. For example:</P>
<TT># portupgrade -r bonobo</TT>
<TT># portupgrade -r ORBit</TT>
<P>This will upgrade bonobo and every other port that depends on it
<P>This will upgrade ORBit and every other port that depends on it
(that needs updating).</P>
<P>However, sometimes so much changes that it becomes
@ -176,7 +179,8 @@ gnomecore
<PRE>
# pkg_delete -r ORBit
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome
# make all install clean
# make clean
# make install clean
</PRE>
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