Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:51:33 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Enigma <thaenigma03@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up Fluxbox (May apply to other GUI's) Message-ID: <444D8EB5.2060404@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV30AC1B05E0396A794D94CB8BF0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY102-DAV30AC1B05E0396A794D94CB8BF0@phx.gbl>
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Enigma wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD 6, and are new to *nix in itself.
> I have used the 'pkg_add -r fluxbox' command to
> get the fluxbox packages. Although after all my searching on
> different sites and asking someone I still cannot find
> where these packages would have been installed to,
> from using that command. The official fluxbox site
> doesn't offer any insight into this either, as I suspect
> it may be general knowledge to unix users? Any help
> in tracking these down would be greatly appreciated,
> as would any help in configuring for base things such
> as the konsole.
>
> Cheers,
> Warwick.
You can read a lot by trying some of these commands:
$ man ports
$ man pkg_which
$ man pkg_info
and then using "pkg_which" or "pkg_info" to find
out answers to questions like these.
As a shortcut:
If fluxbox is indeed installed on your system, and
your $PATH environment variable is set in a more or
less standard fashion, then the following should help
you, at least a little bit.
1. Edit a file in your $HOME directory entitled ".xinitrc".
(Yes the dot is there and important). If it is not
already extant, try this:
$ echo "exec fluxbox" > ~/.xinitrc
If you have the file already, you can edit it with
your $EDITOR, or you can add the line to the end of
the file by doubling the "redirector" above: >>
2. Assuming you've correctly configured your X server, (which
is a whole other chapter in and of itself), you should
now be able to type "startx" and the console's shell
prompt, and have the X server bring fluxbox into
action when the GUI starts.
As for the location of "fluxbox", it's probably under
/usr/X11R6/bin/, but I can't say for sure. If you
log out and back in, does "whereis fluxbox" work?
The C shell (and TCSH) need to rebuild your $PATH
data after installing new programs. You can issue
"rehash" after installation, or logout/in as I mentioned.
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
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