Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:01:02 +0100 From: "Dr. A. Haakh" <bugReporter@Haakh.de> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome2 isn't installing Message-ID: <5485CB3E.5010708@Haakh.de> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1teP%2B_5YteBsEtGgWGWSUESBtHigbU2KVyKK3NcDr1x-w@mail.gmail.com> References: <21C09BD4-F8D8-4DC9-8ED2-ACC3B1C1C476@gmail.com> <CAN6yY1teP%2B_5YteBsEtGgWGWSUESBtHigbU2KVyKK3NcDr1x-w@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 05.12.2014 um 18:58 schrieb Kevin Oberman: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:37 AM, <orcaman42@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is running on a clean install of: >> $freebsd: tags/RELEASE_10_1_0/x11/gnome2/Makefile 367888 2014-09-10 >> 20:50:31Z gerald $ >> >> Staging for gnome2-2.32.1_7 >> gnome2-2.32.1_7 depends on file: /usr/local/libexec/gweather-applet-2 - >> not found >> Verifying install for /usr/local/libexec/gweather-applet-2 in >> /usr/ports/x11/gnome-applets >> gnome-applets-2.32.1.1_6 cannot install: Unknown component gnome panel. >> Error code 1 >> >> Stop. >> make[2]: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/gnome-applets >> Error code 1 >> >> Stop. >> make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/gnome >> Error code 1 >> >> Stop. >> make: stopped in /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 >> >> [...] >> >> Am I missing something? Is this my fault? Can I help fix this? ( I have no >> idea how to code? ) To me this looks like it's missing something off the >> server? But I don't think I can add something to the server? Any help would >> be appreciated! :) >> >> Chris >> > Yes, you are. Gnome2 and it's sub-ports have been deleted with the upgrade > to gnome3. > > You have the choice of installing x11/gnome3 or, if you like Gnome3 as well > as I do, either x11/mate or x11/cinnamon. mate is a fork of gnome2 with > enhancements and cinnamon is an alternative to Gnome3 that is still gtk3 > based, but has apps that retain the configurability and flexibility of > Gnome2. > > I am running Mate just fine and have played with cinnamon just a bit. > Cinnamon is probably how I should have gone, but I'm lazy and the mate > learning curve is pretty slight while cinnamon is fairly different from > gnome2. I tried cinnamon on Linux Mint, so I can't speak to the state of > the cinnamon port. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > If i reconsider the decisions I have made during the last 3 decades regarding software-installation, I have to admit that the "upgrade" to Gnome3 was the worst. Especially because I (after starting with Gnome1, moving to Gnome2) did not expect a complete redesign where I still look for the description how to create a custom starter. I will not bother you with all the annoying details of this "desktop" because this is the wrong list. But I think a short note in /usr/ports/UPDATING informing the users about the total redesign and possible alternatives would have been appropriate. That said I am now looking for an alternative. I had decided to switch to KDE (or even CDE which is now freely available :-)). So the alternatives you listed seem quite interesting. In the meantime I managed to install both mate and cinnamon besides gnome3. Fortunately gdm offers them as alternative desktops, once you have selected a user. So it's rather easy to switch between them to find the one which suits you best. This information about gdm is missing from the pkg-descr in mate and cinnamon and I spent some time to learn this. Andreas
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