Setting up FreeBSD 4.8 as a desktop station

[Eric Pogroski]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:49:05 -0700
Jason Williams <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone.
> 
> I'm pretty new to using FreeBSD as a workstation, but im very excited
> to do so. I've installed FreeBSD 4.8 and used CVSup to update both my
> source and ports tree.
> I've also installed portupgrade to update my ports to make sure I have
> a nice clean setup.
> 
> I have Window Maker setup and working correctly.
> I just have a few questions that I wanted to ask on how to get a few
> things running.
> 
> Basically, I want to get mozilla-firebird up and running as my
> browser. However, i'm a little confused on what I need to do as far as
> java and flash are concerned.
> 
> So what I was hoping is if someone could point me in the right
> direction on how to get mozilla-firebird, java and flash setup and
> working correctly on my desktop.
> 
> If more info is needed, please let me know.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jason
> 
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Hi Jason:

	Flash is easy. do this:

	su
	<root password>
	cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin
	make install clean
	cd /usr/ports/www/flashpluginwrapper
	make install clean
	be sure to follow the instructions at the end of the install
	<or note them for later/other moz based browser installs>

	Java's even easier.. :)
	go here: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org and download & install the
java package you'd like to use

	For Moz-Firebird, you'll need to update your ports collection. Easiest
way is to use cvsup (you'll need to do this as root):
	cvsup -g -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
This will update your ports tree.
HINT: You'll need to edit ports-supfile to change where it points to for
the updates. If your in the US, I recommend cvsup2.freebsd.org, or, you
can use /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup to find one for you.

Good luck!