pkg2ng # pkg install gnome2

[Jan Kokemüller]

 > also why does
 > # make install clean
 > find the components necessary to assembly gnome2 in the ports
 > and
 > # pkg install gnome2
 > does not? is it that the binary package hasn't been compiled for
 > freebsd 10?
 > if so if programming skills are not necessary i'l do it!

You are correct, there currently is no gnome2 package because apparently 
the build of gnome-packagekit has failed. Until this is fixed you can 
try out the quarterly branch by changing "latest" to "quarterly" in your 
/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf. There should be a gnome2 package.

Another option might be to install the "mate" package which is also in 
the latest packages. Mate is fork of Gnome 2 that is still maintained, 
and probably a better option than Gnome 2 at this point.

Oh, and when you are building those large packages manually, you can run 
"make config-recursive" before "make install clean". It will then ask 
you all configuration questions in one batch before starting the build.