Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:55:12 +1000 From: Danny <danny@idx.com.au> To: "Wills, Ken" <kwills@gflesch.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: GNOME installation problem --help Message-ID: <3.0.32.19991029145503.00689188@pop.idx.com.au>
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Hello again, Basically, I should goto /freebsd/ports/packages/gnome/ -- get it on mfreebsd Without the need to copy all the distfiles ? At 07:48 28/10/99 -0500, Wills, Ken wrote: >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Danny >> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 6:50 AM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: GNOME installation problem --help >> >> >> Currently, >> >> Runniing Freebsd 227 >> Want to install GNOME >> Behind a firewall so port 21 is not available >> Have an attachment with the listing on files >> >> Question:- >> >> Which file should I compile and what commands do I type in ?? >> > >There's quite a bit do do... > >First check the webpages over a http://www.gnome.org about installation, >and the order you need to compile the sources in. I would strongly suggest >you try to use the ports to build this, as it builds all of the dependencies >for you. You can either fetch the files manually and put them in >/usr/ports/distfiles, >or use a http/ftp proxy to have the ports fetch the required files for you >(man fetch >for info on how to do this). > >You probably need an upgraded ports collection to get the latest and >greatest from gnome. > >Ken > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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