Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 17:54:54 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, Nils Holland <ncptiddische@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Some newbie-questions Message-ID: <200001012254.RAA76620@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000101132000.8784B-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
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On 01-Jan-00 Dan Busarow wrote: > On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Nils Holland wrote: >> Maybe someone can help me with this. To put it all in a short >> sentence: How excactly do I install AfterStep and GNOME on a >> bare-bones FreeBSD system? > > Use the ports system. If you did'nt install ports during the > initial installation use /stand/sysinstall to do so now. Then > ># cd /usr/ports ># cd x11-wm ># cd afterstep Does the afterstep port support GNOME? From a simple grep I inferred that only the afterstep-devel port supported GNOME. ># make ># make install ># cd /usr/ports ># cd x11 ># cd gnome ># make ># make install > > The ports system should grab any missing dependencies like libz > for you automatically. > > If you change permissions on /usr/ports/distfiles so that you can > write to it you'll only need root for the make install instead of > the whole process as I've shown. Recommended :) > > Dan -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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