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Date:      Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:44:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com>
Cc:        "Questions List FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Installation steps; what order?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908091643590.1164-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <37ADC97C.529CBB04@criterion-group.com>

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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.

> -- 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                               
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