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Date:      Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:34:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matthew Swasey <bai@loperamide.no-ip.org>
To:        Werner Lehmann <elvis69@arcor.de>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: (no subject)
Message-ID:  <20040715173324.S36712@loperamide.no-ip.org>
In-Reply-To: <40F6F1B2.1010608@arcor.de>
References:  <40F6F1B2.1010608@arcor.de>

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Matt

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Werner Lehmann wrote:

> Dear Sirs,
>
> I  tried to install gnome 2.6 on a fresh Freebsd 5.2.1 installation with no 
> windowmanager installed using the "pkg_add  -r gnome2" -command as it comes 
> in your instructions, but what I got was gnome 2.4 and not gnome 2.6 as I 
> expected. I could even see it during the download and installation process, 
> as only packages with a "2.4"-number were displayed.
> I don't want to do an 2.4 to 2.6 upgrade using the upgrade script, as it 
> takes much to long, so I'd rather would like to do an installation using 
> packages.
>
> I also ask myself  if it was possible for you to offer an ISO-Image file for 
> downloading and burning on CD containing al the necessary packages an 
> dependencies for installing the gnome 2.6 desktop without having an internet 
> connection established.
>
> I would appreciate your help a lot, but please consider that I'm still a 
> newbie to freebsd.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Werner Lehmann
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