Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:33:26 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Installation steps; what order? (adding them to GNOME) Message-ID: <19990810043326.C93412@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <37AF8EA8.8A7D9A5E@criterion-group.com>; from Roy Bettle on Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 07:30:00PM -0700 References: <37ADC97C.529CBB04@criterion-group.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908091643590.1164-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <19990810035739.A93412@sr.se> <37AF8EA8.8A7D9A5E@criterion-group.com>
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On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 07:30:00PM -0700, Roy Bettle wrote: > Thank you all for your help. Quick question: if most apps *do not* have GNOME > install scripts, how do I "install" them in GNOME so that I can use them from > there? You'll have to "hack" it all manually, as far as I know. But I might be wrong. Been so before :-) > > RAB > > > Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 04:44:43PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Roy Bettle wrote: > > > > > > > Quickie: > > > > > > > > -- FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE install from CD/ROM. > > > > -- Went through ports collection; selected many to include Netscape. > > > > -- Launched X (GNOME + Enlightenment), clicked on Netscape ... nothing. > > > > -- Further, most of the ports I selected didn't show up anywhere in X. > > > > > > You will have to create icons for them in Gnome, probably. The netscape > > > link probably points to the wrong place -- it's in /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape > > > I think. > > > > Yes, Since Enlightenment is VERY Linux connected I think the defaults > > point to where files are placed in RedHat Linux. And the same goes for > > Gnome as far as I've found out > > > > > > > -- Once all files have copied to the hard disc, should I run "make > > > > install" for the ports I have selected before setting up and running X? > > > > > > No, most programs do not have gnome install scripts ... > > > > > > Doug White > > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > __o > > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Content-Description: Card for Roy Bettle -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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