From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 09:34:15 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 8B030F6F; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:34:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x233.google.com (mail-wg0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::233]) (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 10A136644A; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:34:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x12so28811388wgg.38; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:34:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=o7Tu0tS8bOqMQYyT0cLOjlfbK4JC/LYSyge2wUCojSU=; b=JV6Oe08Tg8Y/zHptGOq7ZP7dKqFS2F59IOgtq2j9+m0x6u+TQbjIZ5UwzOFEqsLmEq xJJ0ZMfTLUgrs/Tubw5en4gulBdpN2966VEaM2UWOZOqNm6qWX0p6U9/Y9T+lDIhXE4K wUQIkWVWt40fhMWIdb4Td+OAssIhL4efxVdAI5adNrsinG4ZpPNek3A3/L7p5rkY7/rO s7udsG9OB0yiEenVwtUYCOTBZI4ey4l2729hnFOTWoaz+B1T/Br60YaRfCLSLba7wjep 4r2VB1veQYzAL3ksLdtdZdX07/R/WiDfbx2XLlk/N0+MakZwp0bMSdi/GUKndZf3nGBO aFEA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.157.4 with SMTP id wi4mr186645105wjb.54.1420536853472; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:34:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.241.132 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 01:34:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:34:13 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way From: Ben Woods To: a jenisch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "gnome@freebsd.org" , "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 09:34:15 -0000 The most recent build of the ports system skipped the gnome3 port because the freerdp port is a dependency and had linker errors when building. http://beefy2.isc.freebsd.org/build.html?mastername=10amd64-default&build=2014-12-31_03h22m27s http://beefy2.isc.freebsd.org/data/10amd64-default/2014-12-31_03h22m27s/logs/errors/freerdp-1.1.0_2.log Hopefully the errors will be resolved soon, and the gnome3 package will be once again available after the next package run. Regards, Ben On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, a jenisch wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org " > -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com