Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:43:11 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Jill Clements <jill@lightspeedsystems.com> Cc: "freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Installation question Message-ID: <20110609144311.E30CD1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:00:32 PDT." <CA14EAB0.1D74%jill@lightspeedsystems.com>
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> From: Jill Clements <jill@lightspeedsystems.com> > Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:00:32 -0700 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > Hello all – I'm installing Gnome for the first time in Virtual Box vm. > Host is Mac X 10.6..intel core 2 due at 3.02 hz 4 G ram…. I've > allocated 2 Gb ram and 35 Gb HD to the guest, but did not modify any > files re: kern.hz=100 , and installing Gnome through a ports install. > Bandwidth is not an issue (at least 30Mb down). My question is that > it has been compiling/installing for over 36 hours. Is this normal? > Is there a document available isntallation process so I can get an > idea of where its at-if its at all close to finishing> What command did you use to install it? portmaster, portupgrade, or just "cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 ; make"? If it is portupgrade(8), try "ps -axw | grep ade:". That will show how many ports are completed out of how many will be installed. portmaster(8) will display the count in the title bar if the window if the terminal you are using supports it. (If you are building on the console, there is no title bar.) As to the time, if you are building all of Gnome from ports, 36 hours is not unexpected. Gnome is huge...several hundred ports. It would have been a LOT faster to have installed packages (pre-built binaries similar to using apt or rpms) but, if you have been running for 36 hours, you are probably close to the end. A package-based install of Gnome only takes about an hour. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Last work day before retirement is Jun 17, 2011
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