Re: Installing Gnome on OpenBSD (i386)

[n a <qlistemail10203@yahoo.com>]

Based on my attempt last night, I'm thinking gnome-core and gnome-session are mutually exclusive.  Installing one prevents the install of the other.  Am I wrong about this?  If not, what is the difference in the packages?  Should I be seeing "Unknown command" after each successfully completed FTP command?  What am I missing?
 
Also, it appears (again, from my limited trials), that all gnome packages must be added within the same pkg_add statement in order for a successful install to result.  I had significant problems regarding dependencies by adding some of the packages individually and did not get a successful install.
 
I'm going to give the package install route another try tonight (any advice is helpful) and if that doesn't work, I'll give the ports tree a go.

Marc Matteo <marcm@lectroid.net> wrote:
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 12:58, n a wrote:
> I have successfully installed OpenBSD and would like to use Gnome (from either the ports tree or packages). I assume using the precomplied packages is the best route. For that method, what packages do I need and is there a specific order they need to be added (via pkg_add)?

For Gnome 2 the "gnome-session" package is the one you want. By
installing that via FTP as Peter described, you'll get a "basic load" of
Gnome 2.

>From there setup is pretty straight forward - you modily .xinitrc or
.xsession accordingly (I believe this is covered elsewhere so I won't go
into it here).


> Is there a document available that describes the installation process of Gnome on OpenBSD, including post install setup (mods to rc.conf.local, etc)?

No.

Marc
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