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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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