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Date:      Sat, 1 Jan 2000 16:07:59 -0500
From:      Nils Holland <ncptiddische@compuserve.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Some newbie-questions
Message-ID:  <200001011608_MC2-930A-3907@compuserve.com>

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Hallo!
I've just downloaded and installed FreeBSD on my computer =

(downloaded the ISO-image and burned it onto a CD). Since I've =

been using Linux for a long time, it wasn't too hard for me to set up =

FreeBSD and configure the network.

The next thing I wanted to do was to set my beloved =

AfterStep/Gnome-combination I've been using under Linux up on =

FreeBSD. I've got all the GNOME tarballs, as well as the latest =

stable AfterStep tarball.

Under Linux, I used to make RPMs from the tarballs, then I used =

the Red hat Package manager and installed the packages. Under =

FreeBSD, stuff seems to work a little bit different. Let me give you =

a dscribtion of what I've tried to do so far:

In order to install AfterStep, I first figured out that it would be a =

good idea to have libgif, libpng and libjpeg. (And zlib, since libpng =

wants that one). So I downloaded these, unpacked them, and did =

./configure, make, make install. I also did an ldconfig (as I had =

learned from Linux). Anyway, when I tried to compile AfterStep =

afterwards, it said that it could find neither of these things I had just=
 =

installed. As a result of that, I could not install AfterStep.

My guess is that I need to give additional agruments to ./configure =

in order to tell it which directories to use for the installation. If so,=
 =

what excactly do I have to type? My second guess is that the =

dynamic library loader is not set up properly, if so, what do I have =

to do to fix that?

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?

Any help is appreciated!

Greetings,
Nils

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