Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:21:20 +0100 From: a jenisch <a@jenisch.at> To: gnome@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way Message-ID: <CAPeCvyLiYDETAoQ3C4Cmbn9UcuxOxy3n9y3Jy%2B6rSBCfCL-S_Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
In the process of upgrading one of my systems (FreeBSD amd64,
9.3-STABLE) I came across the update from gnome2 to gnome 3.
The corresponding entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING says
---------- < cut here > ----------
20141119:
AFFECTS: users of x11/gnome2, graphics/clutter and lang/vala
...
Make a list of the installed ports:
# pkg info > ~/installed-ports-list
Delete the old and conflicting packages:
# pkg delete clutter gnome-utils gnome-panel gnome-keyring vala-vapigen \
guile gcalctool gnome-media libgnomekbd gnome-themes at-spi
# pkg delete gnome-screensaver gnome-applets bug-buddy \
evolution-exchange evolution-webcal gnome-system-tools \
seahorse-plugins gnome-control-center
For package users the following lines will be enough:
# pkg upgrade
# pkg install gnome3
For ports users should do the following:
# portmaster -a
# portmaster x11/gnome3
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Up to and including the "pkg delete" entries everything went OK.
But when I tried to do a "pkg install gnome3" I only got
# pkg install gnome3
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'gnome3' have been
found in the repositories
#
The only gnome3-related thing that seems to be available as package
seems to be "gnome3-lite" which clearly is not the full gnome3.
Even though I normally use portupgrade for upgrading my ports I tried
to run the two portmaster commands given in "UPDATING" but again this
didn't work.
Just out of curiosity I went and installed a fresh 10.1 System and
tried to do a "pkg install gnome3" there - again gnome3 couldn't be
found as a package; so this seems to be a more general issue.
So here are my questions:
o) Has anybody else out there experienced similar issues in upgrading
from gnome2 to gnome3?
o) How can I get gnome3 on my system again?
o) AFAIK gnome3 is a supported desktop environment under FreeBSD (?).
Are there, besides KDE which I don't like for personal reasons, any
reasonable alternatives providing similar features like Gnome?
Thanks much in advance for your help,
-ewald
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