Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:58:18 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: johan Ahmad <anot77@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDE HOWTO - FreeBSD 2.2.8 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901122153020.2333-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990113044309.5568.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, johan Ahmad wrote: >Hello, > >I had install the above OS successfully. Anybody could advise or direct >me to a site whereby i can configure and have KDE as my xwindows? Also, >this may sound silly but how do I know I have all the XWindows like >kde,afterstep,fvwm2 installed in my pc?? There is a slight misunderstanding. X Windows gives you the bitmapped display. A window manager gives you the user interface. KDE, afterstep et al are window managers. You can find out if they are installed many ways. I would look in /var/db/pkg to see if there is a directory there for the window manager in question. >Second, I got 3 other CD's that comes with the OS namely: >a) Live filesystem, CVS repository >b) Packages/Ports, and >c) Ports > >My question, what does these CDs (a,b,c) do and how do I install & >configure it? Is it important to have all installed? I've tried reading >FreeBSD.ORG - Handbook but i am sorry i couldn't tie all those together. >Thanks for any help. You do not install cd a. You may install CDs b and c but why? You already have the data on CD. Putting it on your hard drive is a waste of space. The purpose of CDs ab and b is they are where you have much of the software that is ported to FreeBSD. I don't know what all is on them, but I'll bet that KDE and fvwm2 are. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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