Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 05:57:52 -0800 (PST) From: <freebsd@mazenalzogbi.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 & Desktop installation Message-ID: <37449.195.229.241.229.1073397472.squirrel@webmail.mazenalzogbi.com> In-Reply-To: <bv8lvvgg7q4vjnd26h0qpf20rcrkcrn7hv@4ax.com> References: <42993.195.229.241.229.1073387088.squirrel@webmail.mazenalzogbi.com> <20040106111216.GA2304@madras.dyndns.org> <bv8lvvgg7q4vjnd26h0qpf20rcrkcrn7hv@4ax.com>
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Gautam and Bernard, Thank you for your instant help. I will try that as soon :) Cheers, Mazen >>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 > > > > 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. > > > -- > Cheers, > Bernard
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