From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 20:25:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5DD016A41A for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikesil@teamlogic.com) Received: from QMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954B413C4B5 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikesil@teamlogic.com) Received: from OMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.59]) by QMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with smtp id Bv9c1Y0101GhbT80003400; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:13:54 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([71.198.233.253]) by OMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BwCp1Y00Q5Ui1Bb0000000; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:12:55 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=_K8cKD1p5M0Mp4ESD1cA:9 a=QXzbZWhtGqla76WW0KMA:7 a=3q0iyzzBJV2eZIspI5NiZvcOG3sA:4 a=AfD3MYMu9mQA:10 Message-ID: <4738B3BB.3040504@teamlogic.com> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:12:43 -0800 From: Michael Silverstein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: installing gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:25:23 -0000 From the FreeBSD handbook: 5.7.1.2 Installing GNOME The software can be easily installed from a package or the Ports Collection: To install the GNOME package from the network, simply type: # pkg_add -r gnome2 It ftp'd a whole load of .tbz files one after another ("Fetching .... done") fo r about an hour, then said "Broken Pipe" and quit. Last fetch was gnome-games-2.16.1.tbz Does this mean a) I have successfully completed the installation? b) I have made some error? c) There is something wrong with pkg_add? d) ? What does one do now? Thanks, Mike