Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:28:52 +0900 From: Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> To: Michael Silverstein <mikesil@teamlogic.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing gnome Message-ID: <1194917332.841.8.camel@jihad.izb.knu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <4738B3BB.3040504@teamlogic.com> References: <4738B3BB.3040504@teamlogic.com>
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On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 12:12 -0800, Michael Silverstein wrote: > 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 i would like to suggest `pkg_add -r -v gnome2-lite' ;; gnome2-lite also good production! > 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) ? show us `uname -a' because installing package depends on -RELEASE version. if you are using -STABLE or -CURRENT or -BETA, then you encounter strange problems... respect, bh -- "You'd better stop laughing. Don't you think I can do it, you son of a bitch?" "I know you can do it. I wasn't laughing at what you said." -- Michael Corleone and Santino Corleone, "Chapter 10", page 132-133
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