Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 13:04:35 +0100 From: Bernard El-Hagin <bernard.el-hagin@lido-tech.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 & Desktop installation Message-ID: <bv8lvvgg7q4vjnd26h0qpf20rcrkcrn7hv@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20040106111216.GA2304@madras.dyndns.org> References: <42993.195.229.241.229.1073387088.squirrel@webmail.mazenalzogbi.com> <20040106111216.GA2304@madras.dyndns.org>
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owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: >On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:04:48AM -0800, freebsd@mazenalzogbi.com = wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> I already configured the XFree86 on my FreeBSD system and I want to = run >> the KDE or Gnome desktop applications. How is this possible. >>=20 >> I appreciate your help. Totally newbie here :) >=20 >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 And then, after they're installed put the following in ~/.xinitrc: exec start-kde, if you want KDE or exec gnome-session, if you want Gnome. --=20 Cheers, Bernard
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