From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 09:29:15 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 073F1E5A for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:29:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-f49.google.com (mail-yh0-f49.google.com [209.85.213.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C2E8A6633E for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:29:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f49.google.com with SMTP id f10so11303852yha.22 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:29:13 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=GkhNV2WB/nrzHOVMGp/KHlsfqZAZZz0kPiyo2uCYkag=; b=V7GWVXwkQ1M7x2ZfdzCyX62vhPWzC/nMJUfNUKLo4VT5DjRjbGacU7nH6Olnte/p6z l4/+wbX4P+LM97A4wPmVrTBNol3JVRHPmaJZYn1EcnjpVoRUdQyuAu6IlY77+v6u5JIQ DoPFB658/Vr6bssOHho80tnFvqrXgIbefksAuGGkLWu9ryiaiqeTPTULz4kppplrUuTU 9fo8xAnhM07/Lfa65eqnOj8CpBPjAOA4IFKi/xx+iKpLSeMQKrt1bdTVXotzQ7p78T6C vhBghLAc+kpysfakMZVQRpgJUHqhNXI5Hy5ApuMWtrd5/UlSOsCF8MPUyBFCBB/7MRZ0 3RPw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm53jDUsw9EyOg6JIJYJXFd3zr83IuSj7RFAtngUyF0vhztRUn2StvimeJDqqZb8aQpCfcZ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.170.216.131 with SMTP id i125mr32033043ykf.61.1420536080910; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:21:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.170.88.69 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 01:21:20 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [81.217.14.197] Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:21:20 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way From: a jenisch To: gnome@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 09:29:15 -0000 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 ---------- < cut here > ---------- 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