From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 15 23:28:23 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 DBB4216A4CE for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:28:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D77343D1F for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:28:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:28:48 -0600 Message-ID: <41C0C8AC.40003@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:28:44 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert William Vesterman References: <41C0C470.1050203@vesterman.com> In-Reply-To: <41C0C470.1050203@vesterman.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Dec 2004 23:28:49.0216 (UTC) FILETIME=[D4738400:01C4E2FD] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome without the stuff? 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: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:28:24 -0000 Robert William Vesterman wrote: > I installed the Gnome2 port, and it installed a whole lot of stuff that > I wasn't expecting, including stuff that I don't know what it is, and > also stuff that I never intend to use. > > Is there a way to install just a "basic" Gnome, without all the stuff? > That is, the default applications of various types? If I want Evolution, > or Epiphany, or games, or blah blah blah, I would like to just install > that specific thing myself when I decide that I want it. But if I want > to use Firefox, I'm not interested in having Epiphany installed. > > Thanks, > > Bob Vesterman. There is a Gnome2-lite (/usr/ports/x11/Gnome2-lite) I'm not sure what it contains, might be worth looking into. I *think* that there are also switches for the build process to determine some of the "sub parts" of the build. It's possible that looking at the Makefile would shed some light. Don't forget that there is a good bit of resource at www.freebsd.org/gnome, including a FAQ (maybe you've already checked). I've often thought that Xfce4 might be a suitable replacement for the WM itself (without a "whole lot of stuff"), but that is just my opinion. HTH, Kevin Kinsey