From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 9 16:49:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A86C414BE9 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA05999; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:44:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:44:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Roy Bettle Cc: "Questions List FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Installation steps; what order? In-Reply-To: <37ADC97C.529CBB04@criterion-group.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Roy Bettle wrote: > Quickie: > > -- FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE install from CD/ROM. > -- Went through ports collection; selected many to include Netscape. > -- Launched X (GNOME + Enlightenment), clicked on Netscape ... nothing. > -- Further, most of the ports I selected didn't show up anywhere in X. You will have to create icons for them in Gnome, probably. The netscape link probably points to the wrong place -- it's in /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape I think. > -- Once all files have copied to the hard disc, should I run "make > install" for the ports I have selected before setting up and running X? No, most programs do not have gnome install scripts ... Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message