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From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <ggop@madras.dyndns.org>
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Subject: Re: XFree86 & Desktop installation
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:04:48AM -0800, freebsd@mazenalzogbi.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I already configured the XFree86 on my FreeBSD system and I want to run
> the KDE or Gnome desktop applications. How is this possible.
> 
> I appreciate your help. Totally newbie here :)
 
If you have the time, patience and disk space, you could:

for gnome:
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
# make install clean

for kde:
# cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3
# make install clean

Or just install the packages (will fetch from the ftp servers)
# pkg_add -r kde
or
# pkg_add -r gnome2

hth
Gautam