From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 14:09:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B978D16A401 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:09:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2739343D46 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:09:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from [213.146.114.24] (helo=reverse-213-146-114-24.cust.kamp-dsl.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu9) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML2xA-1FWDMz1tWr-0000dJ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:09:26 +0200 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:26:28 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" X-X-Sender: root@www.pukruppa.net To: Enigma In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060419171802.D91980@www.pukruppa.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:2446dbdf8275641f979193ced594c629 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Gnome (Or possibly other GUI) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:09:31 -0000 On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Enigma wrote: > I am having problems installing Gnome GUI, I have Xorg working, > and I have read many install instructions to get the Gnome GUI > up and running. My problem is this: I am installing onto a > small partition (roughly 2.5 gig) with the add_pkg -r gnome2 > command to download the packets. By about what seems 3/4 the > way through, my hdd is full and theres no way this option is > open to me. I have tried copying all the packages across from > FreeBSD 6 cd 2 across to my hdd but the 'make' command doesnt > work, which im guessing is due to the fact there is no .tar.gz > file to build from? > > My question is, how can I install this GUI, or will it be > easier to install an alternative with less graphics and tag > along programs? You should try a smaller GUI - especially if aou are running an older system - let's say 300 MHz and 128 MB RAM - neither gnome nor KDE will be much fun then. WindowMaker might be a nice alternative. > I'm essentially getting a GUI going due to the > fact I'm new to Unix as a whole and would be good to assist > learning of the OS and the shell. Due to this, something like a > windows clone Gnome or KDE may be good, but I'm just as willing > to have to learn to use a good GUI that isnt windows clone. Good Luck, Uli. > Thankyou. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ********************************************* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * *********************************************