View Full Version : the exact terminal commands to install KDE, fluxbox, or GNOME on freebsd
Dustin2128
April 17th, 2009, 03:54 AM
what are they? I'm a complete noob to freebsd, so just say exactly what I have to punch in
chucky chuckaluck
April 17th, 2009, 03:56 AM
you might want to try a freebsd forum.
rucadulu
April 17th, 2009, 03:58 AM
Switch to PC-BSD it is based on freeBSD but much easier to learn and use.
yabbadabbadont
April 17th, 2009, 04:10 AM
http://www.freebsdmadeeasy.com/tutorials/freebsd/set-up-xorg-on-freebsd.php
Someone needs to learn how to use Google... :P :D
init1
April 17th, 2009, 05:22 AM
http://www.freebsdmadeeasy.com/tutorials/freebsd/set-up-xorg-on-freebsd.php
Someone needs to learn how to use Google... :P :D
Google isn't always a good alternative to experience though.
I think he's looking for instructions on FreeBSD's package manager.
yabbadabbadont
April 17th, 2009, 05:32 AM
Google isn't always a good alternative to experience though.
I think he's looking for instructions on FreeBSD's package manager.
The tutorial to which I linked gives the proper commands to use ports. (which is the only package manager one should use on a BSD system... ;))
Skripka
April 17th, 2009, 05:32 AM
you might want to try a freebsd forum.
Or come on O'er to nOOST.
Methuselah
April 17th, 2009, 05:54 AM
IIRC
cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/fluxbox
make install clean
builds from source, assuming you installed the ports collection.
If not you'd have to use portsnap first.
Alternatively:
pkg_add -r fluxbox
installs a binary package
After that you have to add a exec /usr/bin/fluxbox to your .xinitrc after which fluxbox will be used when you invoke startx.
It's a while since I've done it but the above is generally correct.
Unlike most linux distributions FreeBSD has a huge and rather extensive online handbook.
That's part of the reason I learned it first despite the fact that you have to do more configuration to get to a desktop.
Here's the section on Desktop environments:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html
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