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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/faq2.sgml,v 1.35 2003/07/19 08:08:54 marcus Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 2.2 FAQ">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 2.4 FAQ">
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<ol>
<li> <a href="#q1">How do I get GNOME 2.2 for FreeBSD?</a>
<li> <a href="#q2">GNOME 2.2 is failing to build from ports. What
<li> <a href="#q1">How do I get GNOME 2.4 for FreeBSD?</a>
<li> <a href="#q2">GNOME 2.4 is failing to build from ports. What
do I do?</a>
<li> <a href="#q3">I installed GNOME 2.2, but I am missing
<li> <a href="#q3">I installed GNOME 2.4, but I am missing
application foo. What gives?</a>
<li> <a href="#q4">What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME
1.4 to GNOME 2?</a>
<li> <a href="#q5">How do I keep my GNOME 2.2 components
<li> <a href="#q5">What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME
2.2 to GNOME 2.4?</a>
<li> <a href="#q6">How do I keep my GNOME 2.4 components
and applications up-to-date?</a>
<li> <a href="#q6">Can I install GNOME 1.4 applications under
GNOME 2.2?</a>
<li> <a href="#q7">Where can I get more themes for GNOME 2.2?</a>
<li> <a href="#q8">What window managers work well with GNOME 2.2?
<li> <a href="#q7">Can I install GNOME 1.4 applications under
GNOME 2.4?</a>
<li> <a href="#q8">Where can I get more themes for GNOME 2.4?</a>
<li> <a href="#q9">What window managers work well with GNOME 2.4?
</a>
<li> <a href="#q9">Does GNOME 2.2 support anti-aliased fonts?</a>
<li> <a href="#q10">How can I control what fonts are anti-aliased?
<li> <a href="#q10">Does GNOME 2.4 support anti-aliased fonts?</a>
<li> <a href="#q11">How can I control what fonts are anti-aliased?
</a>
<li> <a href="#q11">How do I edit my GNOME 2 menus?</a>
<li> <a href="#q12">How do I use GTK+ 2 resource settings for
<li> <a href="#q12">How do I edit my GNOME 2 menus?</a>
<li> <a href="#q13">How do I use GTK+ 2 resource settings for
GTK+ 2 applications when not in a GNOME environment?</a>
<li> <a href="#q13">How do I configure settings for GNOME 1.4
applications under GNOME 2.2?</a>
<li> <a href="#q14">How do I configure settings for GNOME 1.4
applications under GNOME 2.4?</a>
</ol>
<h2>Full Text </h2>
<ol>
<!-- Q1 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q1"></a>
<p><b>How do I get GNOME 2.2 for FreeBSD?</b></p>
<p><b>How do I get GNOME 2.4 for FreeBSD?</b></p>
<!-- A1 -->
<p>There are two ways to install GNOME 2.2 on FreeBSD. One way is to use
<p>There are two ways to install GNOME 2.4 on FreeBSD. One way is to use
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.html">
packages</a>, and the other way is to use
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">
ports</a>. Before doing either installation, you should
first familiarize yourself with the GNOME 2.2
<a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/notes/">
first familiarize yourself with the GNOME 2.4
<a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.4/notes/">
release notes</a>.</p>
<p>To install GNOME 2.2 from packages, use the command:</p>
<p>To install GNOME 2.4 from packages, use the command:</p>
<tt># pkg_add -r gnome2</tt>
<p>This will download the latest GNOME 2.2 packages from the
<p>This will download the latest GNOME 2.4 packages from the
FreeBSD FTP site, and proceed to install them on your system.
</p>
<p>To build and install GNOME 2.2 from ports, you should first
<p>To build and install GNOME 2.4 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>
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<!-- Q2 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q2"></a>
<p><b>GNOME 2.2 is failing to build from ports. What do I do?</b></p>
<p><b>GNOME 2.4 is failing to build from ports. What do I do?</b></p>
<!-- A2 -->
<p>The majority of GNOME 2.2 compilation problems can be solved
by making sure all the necessary GNOME 2.2 components are
<a href="#q5">up-to-date</a>. You may see compiler errors relating to pthreads
<p>The majority of GNOME 2.4 compilation problems can be solved
by making sure all the necessary GNOME 2.4 components are
<a href="#q6">up-to-date</a>. You may see compiler errors relating to pthreads
(POSIX threads), such as:</p>
<pre>
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work directory.</p>
<p>Ports such as <tt>devel/pth</tt> and <tt>devel/ngpt</tt> can
also cause pthread-related problems when compiling GNOME 2.2.
also cause pthread-related problems when compiling GNOME 2.4.
If you do not need these ports installed, it is recommended that
you remove them.
</p>
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<!-- Q3 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q3"></a>
<p><b>I installed GNOME 2.2, but I am missing application foo.
<p><b>I installed GNOME 2.4, but I am missing application foo.
What gives?</b></p>
<!-- A3 -->
<p>Only the core components, and a few extras, are included in the
<tt>gnome2</tt> package. While you can still run
<a href="#q6">GNOME 1.4 applications</a> under GNOME 2.2,
<a href="#q7">GNOME 1.4 applications</a> under GNOME 2.4,
a number of applications have already been ported to
GNOME 2.2.</p>
GNOME 2.4.</p>
<p>The applications that have been ported are included
in the <tt>gnome2-fifth-toe</tt> meta-port.
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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, and you want to upgrade to GNOME 2.2, first
GNOME 1.4, and you want to upgrade to GNOME 2.4, 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 ports are
up-to-date, then remove the following GNOME 1.4 packages from
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ggv
</pre>
<p>After those packages are removed, you can build GNOME 2.2 per
<p>After those packages are removed, you can build GNOME 2.4 per
the instructions listed above.</p>
</li>
<!-- Q5 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q5"></a>
<p><b>How do I keep my GNOME 2.2 components and applications
up-to-date?</b></p>
<p><b>What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME 2.2 to GNOME 2.4?</b></p>
<!-- A5 -->
<p>We recommend to use <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade</tt>
for such purpose. This will do the job well:</p>
<pre>
# portupgrade -rf -m BATCH=yes atk
# portupgrade -R -m BATCH=yes gnome2
</pre>
</li>
<!-- Q6 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q6"></a>
<p><b>How do I keep my GNOME 2.4 components and applications
up-to-date?</b></p>
<!-- A6 -->
<p>I find that <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade</tt> works really
well. For example:</p>
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</p>
</li>
<!-- Q6 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q6"></a>
<p><b>Can I install GNOME 1.4 applications under GNOME 2.2?</b></p>
<!-- A6 -->
<!-- Q7 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q7"></a>
<p><b>Can I install GNOME 1.4 applications under GNOME 2.4?</b></p>
<!-- A7 -->
<p>Sure! Note, however, certain ports assume you are
running either the GNOME 1 or GNOME 2 desktop. That is,
they rely on certain desktop features such as the
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you wish.</p>
</li>
<!-- Q7 -->
<!-- Q8 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q7"></a>
<p><b>Where can I get more themes for GNOME 2.2?</b></p>
<!-- A7 -->
<p><b>Where can I get more themes for GNOME 2.4?</b></p>
<!-- A8 -->
<p>The website <a href="http://art.gnome.org">
art.gnome.org</a> has been setup as a general GNOME theme
repository. They offer some gtk+-2, metacity, sawfish,
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turned away ;-).</p>
</li>
<!-- Q8 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q8"></a>
<p><b>What window managers work well with GNOME 2.2?</b></p>
<!-- A8 -->
<!-- Q9 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q9"></a>
<p><b>What window managers work well with GNOME 2.4?</b></p>
<!-- A9 -->
<p>The <tt>gnome2</tt> meta-port installs the
metacity window manager by default. Another popular window
manager that works well with GNOME 2.2 is
manager that works well with GNOME 2.4 is
<a href="http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/">sawfish</a>. Sawfish
is distributed as part of the <tt>x11/gnome2-fifth-toe</tt>
meta-port.
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metacity.</p>
</li>
<!-- Q9 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q9"></a>
<p><b>Does GNOME 2.2 support anti-aliased fonts?</b></p>
<!-- A9 -->
<!-- Q10 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q10"></a>
<p><b>Does GNOME 2.4 support anti-aliased fonts?</b></p>
<!-- A10 -->
<p>Yes! Anti-aliasing requires XFree86 4.x with
freetype2 support. To add freetype2 support to X, make
sure you have the following modules loaded in your
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</p>
</li>
<!-- Q10 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q10"></a>
<!-- Q11 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q11"></a>
<p><b>How can I control what fonts are anti-aliased?</b></p>
<!-- A10 -->
<p>GNOME 2.2 makes use of Xft and fontconfig to handle
<!-- A11 -->
<p>GNOME 2.4 makes use of Xft and fontconfig to handle
anti-aliasing. Fontconfig is a very powerful XML-based
font configuration package. You can create a
<tt>~/.fonts.conf</tt> file that controls virtually
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<p>Refer to fonts-conf(5) for more information.</p>
</li>
<!-- Q11 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q11"></a>
<!-- Q12 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q12"></a>
<p><b>How do I edit my GNOME 2 menus?</b></p>
<!-- A11 -->
<!-- A12 -->
<p>You need to use Nautilus to edit your GNOME 2 menus. If you
want to edit any menu other than Favorites, you must be
root.</p>
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your entire application menu.</p>
</li>
<!-- Q12 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q12"></a>
<!-- Q13 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q13"></a>
<p><b>How do I use GTK+ 2 resource settings for GTK+ 2 applications
when not in a GNOME environment?</b></p>
<!-- A12 -->
<!-- A13 -->
<p> GNOME 2 applications get their GTK+ 2 resources from themes and
the corresponding theme engine. If you would rather run your
GTK+ 2 applications in a non-GNOME environment then you will
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</ol>
</li>
<!-- Q13 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q13"></a>
<!-- Q14 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q14"></a>
<p><b>How do I configure settings for GNOME 1.4 applications under
GNOME 2.2?</b></p>
<!-- A13 -->
GNOME 2.4?</b></p>
<!-- A14 -->
<p>Install <tt>sysutils/gnomecontrolcenter</tt>, then invoke
<tt>gnomecc</tt> from the command line to bring up the GNOME
1.4 control center.</p>