From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 21:51:40 2004 Return-Path: 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 C76CC16A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:51:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cqgigw.cqg.com (cqgigw.cqg.com [208.48.16.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE6543D54 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:51:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tomc@cqg.com) Received: from cqgmail.cqg.com (int.cqg.com [96.0.0.2]) iBHLpQGf010967; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:51:26 -0700 Received: from d3stomc ([192.168.17.154]) by cqgmail.cqg.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iBHLpK0f019309; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:51:20 -0700 From: "Tom Connolly" To: "'Joshua Lokken'" , "'Kevin Smith'" Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:51:20 -0700 Message-ID: <003201c4e482$8b303410$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.181 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean, Found to be clean X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0, required 3) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cvsup newbie questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:51:40 -0000 [snip] If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, like so: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Go away on a vacation for the holidays, and when you get back, you _should_ have gnome built and installed, along with alot of goodies. [snip] Make sure you set BATCH=3Dyes or when you get home you will have a very annoying configuration menu on your screen asking you what you want to install. Good luck, Tom