XFree86 & Desktop installation

[freebsd at mazenalzogbi.com]

Gautam and Bernard,

Thank you for your instant help. I will try that as soon :)

Cheers,

Mazen

>>On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:04:48AM -0800, freebsd at mazenalzogbi.com
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I already configured the XFree86 on my FreeBSD system and I want to
>>> run the KDE or Gnome desktop applications. How is this possible.
>>>
>>> I appreciate your help. Totally newbie here :)
>>
>>If you have the time, patience and disk space, you could:
>>
>>for gnome:
>># cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
>># make install clean
>>
>>for kde:
>># cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3
>># make install clean
>>
>>Or just install the packages (will fetch from the ftp servers)
>># pkg_add -r kde
>>or
>># pkg_add -r gnome2
>
>
>
> And then, after they're installed put the following in ~/.xinitrc:
>
>
> exec start-kde, if you want KDE
>
> or
>
> exec gnome-session, if you want Gnome.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Bernard