Solved gnome doesn't exist!

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Tinnitus

Hi,

I start with FreeBSD and I'm stuck!

I installed freeBSD-12.4-stable-amd64.
All repositories are up to date but i can't install gnome3.

I installed gnome-desktop, gdm et xorg.

For the package gnome3 the system says:
"pkg No packages available to install matching 'gnome3' have been found in the repositories"

I created a gnome3 directory: /usr/ports/x11/gnome3.
I compiled:
# make clean
# make install clean

# make search name=gnome3
make: don't know to make search stop
make: stopped in /usr/home/tom

I modified /etc/rc.conf:
gnome_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
and for /etc/fstab I added:
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0


At https://www.freebsd.org/ports/ gnome3 doesn't exist!

Any support will be welcome,
Ciao
 
Hi,
last year I had the same issue with the Xfce metaport.
Solution: I just had to wait a few days.

I suspect that the build failed at the time and I had to wait for the next run.

Btw, to compile a port you have to install the complete ports tree.

For packages have a look here: https://www.freshports.org/x11/gnome3
 
Tinnitus said:
I installed freeBSD-12.4-stable-amd64.
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Why? I'm pretty sure that's NOT what you wanted. Unless you know exactly why you'd want something else, always install a -RELEASE version. Read also here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/lts-support-and-version-clarifications.79890/

Tinnitus said:
I created a gnome3 directory: /usr/ports/x11/gnome3.
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You can't just create some directory and expect make(1) to do something there. You will need a ports tree ...

Although it looks like you have one at least now because this:
Tinnitus said:
A screen was displayed and his title was:
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seems to describe a dialog to configure some port build options.

The whole process is certainly described in the handbook. Still my recommendation would be:
  • Install a -RELEASE version.
  • Use pkg to install binary packages and forget ports for now.
 
Hi,
Zirias said: Why? I'm pretty sure that's NOT what you wanted.
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It is true but GhostBSD doesn't like my graphics amd radeon.
For the other -Release I don't remember.

Zirias said: You can't just create some directory and expect make(1) to do something there.
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On the creation of the directory now I understand that:
# cd /usr/home/user/packages/
# pkg install package
these commands must be followed strictly.

I'll set up LXQT which seems to have no connection with gnome.

[HEADING=3]7.2.7.1. Install LXQT[/HEADING]
To install the LXQT meta package, execute:
# pkg install lxqt

[HEADING=3]7.2.7.2. Configure LXQT[/HEADING]
LXQT requires /proc to be mounted. Add this line to /etc/fstab to mount this file system automatically during system startup:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
LXQT uses [URL='https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dbus-daemon&sektion=1&format=html']dbus-daemon(1)[/URL] for a message bus and hardware abstraction. This application is automatically installed as a dependency of LXQT.
Enable D-BUS in /etc/rc.conf to start at system boot:
# sysrc dbus_enable="YES"

[HEADING=3]7.2.7.3. Start LXQT[/HEADING]
The preferred LXQT display manager is [URL='https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/x11/sddm/']x11/sddm[/URL]. To install [URL='https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/x11/sddm/']x11/sddm[/URL], execute:
# pkg install sddm

Enable SDDM service in /etc/rc.conf to start at system boot:
# sysrc sddm_enable="YES"

The keyboard language can be set in SDDM by running the following command (for example, for Spanish):
# sysrc sddm_lang="es_ES"

A second method to start LXQT is by manually invoking [URL='https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=startx&sektion=1&format=html']startx(1)[/URL]. For this to work, the following line is needed in ~/.xinitrc:
% echo "exec ck-launch-session startlxqt" > ~/.xinitrc


Thank very much for your suggestions and remarks,
Ciao
 
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