XFCE4

[Manolis Kiagias]

joeb wrote:
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> FBSD1 wrote:
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>> What port names need to be installed to create a XFCE4 desktop
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> environment?
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>> I was looking for a mega port like kde3 has but could not identify one.
>> Thanks in advance.
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> I'm going to rake a random guess: x11-wm/xfce4 ?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Eitan Adler
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:14 PM
> To: fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com
> Cc: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD. ORG
> Subject: Re: XFCE4
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> Thank you for your random guess, but research of the ports system seem to
> indicate a whole suite of ports are needed to build a complete working
> environment.
> Waiting for a real user to fill in the details of what combination of ports
> they used to build their XFCE4 desktop.
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>   

It is not really a random guess, x11-wm/xfce4 is the metaport you need 
to build for a working XFCE4 environment.
There are a couple of additional tools you may also wish to use in this 
environment. I would recommend graphics/ristretto for a lightweight 
image viewer,  sysutils/thunar-volman-plugin to handle mounting of 
external media, sysutils/xfce4-battery-plugin if running on a laptop.

Also, make sure to read:

Section 5.7.4:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html

For usb mounting:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/usb-disks.html

For policy kit / hal settings:

http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html

and when compiling Thunar (the file manager) make sure to select FAM 
support from the options dialog.