Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:03 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Stan Cooper <soupercooper@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How Do I Surf From FBSD? Message-ID: <20070322213103.GA22055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <23867.31147.qm@web63303.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <23867.31147.qm@web63303.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:22:15PM -0700, Stan Cooper wrote:
> Hi;
> I have a server I just built with FBSD and I'd like to be able to surf using
> a browser. What do I need to build to make that happen?
> Thanks,
> Stan2
First you need to configure X-windows and have it running.
You configure it first to properly run you graphics card
and monitor, keyboard and mouse. Once you are happy with that
then you edit: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
and set it up so it starts with the xterms and such that you want.
You can make individual xinitrc-s for users and put them in
their home directories as .xinitrc as well. Copy that file
and modify it to suit.
Then
CD to: /usr/ports/www/firefox
Type: make clean
make
make install
make distclean
Now you have the firefox browser installed.
You can start it from the command line and/or you can
hook it up with an icon in your X-windows window manager.
Each window manager is different.
I have been using AfterStep which is kind of basic - no frills.
I have been lazy with it (and maybe a little ignorant), so I just
replace Netscape startup with Firefox startup by editing the
AfterStep setup file:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/afterstep/system.steprc
and changing the line that reads:
*Wharf Netscape netscape3.xpm Exec "-" netscape &
to be:
*Wharf Netscape netscape3.xpm Exec "-" firefox &
Then when I click on the Netscape icon it starts firefox.
There is no doubt a nice Firefox icon I could put there
in place of the netscape3.xmp but I haven't bothered to
look for it.
voila, you have a browser.
There are others such as Opera that are popular. Look
in that /usr/ports/www directory to find scads of stuff
including three or four browsers you can install.
In addition to this KDE and Gnome install browsers if you
install one of them. I don't bother with them because they
are too much bloat for my purposes, but a lot of people use them.
Learn as much as you can about the ports (/usr/ports) system
if you want to get a lot out of FreeBSD. That is where you
find all the nice things you can easily install and use.
////jerry
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