Install Gnome3 on FreeBSD 12
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According to the FreeBSD Handbook, Gnome can be installed as follows.
pkg install gnome3
This command results in the following error.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'gnome3'
have been found in the repositories.
I attempted the following command to determine which package I need to install.
pkg search gnome
This yielded 155 results but I am not certain which one to use.
I am using FreeBSD 12.
I would rather not use the ports collection. I prefer to use pre-built binary packages.
gnome freebsd
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According to the FreeBSD Handbook, Gnome can be installed as follows.
pkg install gnome3
This command results in the following error.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'gnome3'
have been found in the repositories.
I attempted the following command to determine which package I need to install.
pkg search gnome
This yielded 155 results but I am not certain which one to use.
I am using FreeBSD 12.
I would rather not use the ports collection. I prefer to use pre-built binary packages.
gnome freebsd
asked Dec 13 at 3:33
Ben Key
1113
add a comment |
According to the FreeBSD Handbook, Gnome can be installed as follows.
pkg install gnome3
This command results in the following error.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'gnome3'
have been found in the repositories.
I attempted the following command to determine which package I need to install.
pkg search gnome
This yielded 155 results but I am not certain which one to use.
I am using FreeBSD 12.
I would rather not use the ports collection. I prefer to use pre-built binary packages.
gnome freebsd
asked Dec 13 at 3:33
Ben Key
1113
According to the FreeBSD Handbook, Gnome can be installed as follows.
pkg install gnome3
This command results in the following error.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'gnome3'
have been found in the repositories.
I attempted the following command to determine which package I need to install.
pkg search gnome
This yielded 155 results but I am not certain which one to use.
I am using FreeBSD 12.
I would rather not use the ports collection. I prefer to use pre-built binary packages.
gnome freebsd
gnome freebsd
asked Dec 13 at 3:33
Ben Key
1113
asked Dec 13 at 3:33
Ben Key
1113
asked Dec 13 at 3:33
Ben Key
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Ben Key
1113
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There is a meta-port for Gnome 3. It is available on older systems:
$ uname -r
11.1-RELEASE
$ pkg -v
1.10.5
$ pkg search gnome3
gnome3-3.18.0_1 "meta-port" for the GNOME 3 integrated X11 desktop
gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1 The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for only the basics
libproxy-gnome3-0.4.12 GSettings-based configuration plug-in for libproxy
pinentry-gnome3-1.1.0 GNOME 3 version of the GnuPG password dialog
If you cannot find it the first thing to try is to update the index:
sudo pkg update
You can also look online to see what binary packages are actually built:
https://pkg.freebsd.org/
You are using 12.0 which is only 2 days old. They might not be done building all the binary packages yet. If it is a new install then maybe consider using 11.2 and then upgrade a little later.
So update to make sure. If it is still not there - then build yourself - or simply wait.
I am not sure how updated the FreeBSD Gnome page is but it could be worth tracking that.
That is what I would recommend. If you cannot live with that - then you can use the old previously built packages. Find and download the package as a .txz file on https://pkg.freebsd.org/. I found gnome3-3.18.0.txz and gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1.txz for AMD64
Then you can do:
pkg add <pkgname.txz>
Be sure to check consistency afterwards using pkg check -d and pkg check -B.
I will however only recommend this approach for simpler packages than Gnome. But the option is there...
answered Dec 13 at 9:36
Claus Andersen
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You can use pkg install gnome-desktop. Worked on my end. It seems that meta package for gnome desktop has changed in this release.
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
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You may need to modify pkgng to point at the freebsd repo. but before that make a back up of FreeBSD.conf.
Actually you are going to change repository from
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/quarterly" to
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest".
nano /etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf:
FreeBSD:
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest"
Mirror_type: "srv",
enabled: yes
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There is a meta-port for Gnome 3. It is available on older systems:
$ uname -r
11.1-RELEASE
$ pkg -v
1.10.5
$ pkg search gnome3
gnome3-3.18.0_1 "meta-port" for the GNOME 3 integrated X11 desktop
gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1 The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for only the basics
libproxy-gnome3-0.4.12 GSettings-based configuration plug-in for libproxy
pinentry-gnome3-1.1.0 GNOME 3 version of the GnuPG password dialog
If you cannot find it the first thing to try is to update the index:
sudo pkg update
You can also look online to see what binary packages are actually built:
https://pkg.freebsd.org/
You are using 12.0 which is only 2 days old. They might not be done building all the binary packages yet. If it is a new install then maybe consider using 11.2 and then upgrade a little later.
So update to make sure. If it is still not there - then build yourself - or simply wait.
I am not sure how updated the FreeBSD Gnome page is but it could be worth tracking that.
That is what I would recommend. If you cannot live with that - then you can use the old previously built packages. Find and download the package as a .txz file on https://pkg.freebsd.org/. I found gnome3-3.18.0.txz and gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1.txz for AMD64
Then you can do:
pkg add <pkgname.txz>
Be sure to check consistency afterwards using pkg check -d and pkg check -B.
I will however only recommend this approach for simpler packages than Gnome. But the option is there...
answered Dec 13 at 9:36
Claus Andersen
1,614414
add a comment |
There is a meta-port for Gnome 3. It is available on older systems:
$ uname -r
11.1-RELEASE
$ pkg -v
1.10.5
$ pkg search gnome3
gnome3-3.18.0_1 "meta-port" for the GNOME 3 integrated X11 desktop
gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1 The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for only the basics
libproxy-gnome3-0.4.12 GSettings-based configuration plug-in for libproxy
pinentry-gnome3-1.1.0 GNOME 3 version of the GnuPG password dialog
If you cannot find it the first thing to try is to update the index:
sudo pkg update
You can also look online to see what binary packages are actually built:
https://pkg.freebsd.org/
You are using 12.0 which is only 2 days old. They might not be done building all the binary packages yet. If it is a new install then maybe consider using 11.2 and then upgrade a little later.
So update to make sure. If it is still not there - then build yourself - or simply wait.
I am not sure how updated the FreeBSD Gnome page is but it could be worth tracking that.
That is what I would recommend. If you cannot live with that - then you can use the old previously built packages. Find and download the package as a .txz file on https://pkg.freebsd.org/. I found gnome3-3.18.0.txz and gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1.txz for AMD64
Then you can do:
pkg add <pkgname.txz>
Be sure to check consistency afterwards using pkg check -d and pkg check -B.
I will however only recommend this approach for simpler packages than Gnome. But the option is there...
answered Dec 13 at 9:36
Claus Andersen
1,614414
add a comment |
There is a meta-port for Gnome 3. It is available on older systems:
$ uname -r
11.1-RELEASE
$ pkg -v
1.10.5
$ pkg search gnome3
gnome3-3.18.0_1 "meta-port" for the GNOME 3 integrated X11 desktop
gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1 The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for only the basics
libproxy-gnome3-0.4.12 GSettings-based configuration plug-in for libproxy
pinentry-gnome3-1.1.0 GNOME 3 version of the GnuPG password dialog
If you cannot find it the first thing to try is to update the index:
sudo pkg update
You can also look online to see what binary packages are actually built:
https://pkg.freebsd.org/
You are using 12.0 which is only 2 days old. They might not be done building all the binary packages yet. If it is a new install then maybe consider using 11.2 and then upgrade a little later.
So update to make sure. If it is still not there - then build yourself - or simply wait.
I am not sure how updated the FreeBSD Gnome page is but it could be worth tracking that.
That is what I would recommend. If you cannot live with that - then you can use the old previously built packages. Find and download the package as a .txz file on https://pkg.freebsd.org/. I found gnome3-3.18.0.txz and gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1.txz for AMD64
Then you can do:
pkg add <pkgname.txz>
Be sure to check consistency afterwards using pkg check -d and pkg check -B.
I will however only recommend this approach for simpler packages than Gnome. But the option is there...
answered Dec 13 at 9:36
Claus Andersen
1,614414
There is a meta-port for Gnome 3. It is available on older systems:
$ uname -r
11.1-RELEASE
$ pkg -v
1.10.5
$ pkg search gnome3
gnome3-3.18.0_1 "meta-port" for the GNOME 3 integrated X11 desktop
gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1 The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for only the basics
libproxy-gnome3-0.4.12 GSettings-based configuration plug-in for libproxy
pinentry-gnome3-1.1.0 GNOME 3 version of the GnuPG password dialog
If you cannot find it the first thing to try is to update the index:
sudo pkg update
You can also look online to see what binary packages are actually built:
https://pkg.freebsd.org/
You are using 12.0 which is only 2 days old. They might not be done building all the binary packages yet. If it is a new install then maybe consider using 11.2 and then upgrade a little later.
So update to make sure. If it is still not there - then build yourself - or simply wait.
I am not sure how updated the FreeBSD Gnome page is but it could be worth tracking that.
That is what I would recommend. If you cannot live with that - then you can use the old previously built packages. Find and download the package as a .txz file on https://pkg.freebsd.org/. I found gnome3-3.18.0.txz and gnome3-lite-3.18.0_1.txz for AMD64
Then you can do:
pkg add <pkgname.txz>
Be sure to check consistency afterwards using pkg check -d and pkg check -B.
I will however only recommend this approach for simpler packages than Gnome. But the option is there...
answered Dec 13 at 9:36
Claus Andersen
1,614414
edited Dec 13 at 9:56
answered Dec 13 at 9:36
Claus Andersen
1,614414
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Claus Andersen
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answered Dec 13 at 9:36
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You can use pkg install gnome-desktop. Worked on my end. It seems that meta package for gnome desktop has changed in this release.
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
add a comment |
You can use pkg install gnome-desktop. Worked on my end. It seems that meta package for gnome desktop has changed in this release.
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
add a comment |
You can use pkg install gnome-desktop. Worked on my end. It seems that meta package for gnome desktop has changed in this release.
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
You can use pkg install gnome-desktop. Worked on my end. It seems that meta package for gnome desktop has changed in this release.
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
answered Dec 13 at 9:59
LukeFox
211
211
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
add a comment |
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
Did you not install something else? If you look at the Freshports description it says: "This is a collection of APIs.". That is a strange description then. Would be nice if you could confirm. And the Gnome 3 port is still there.
– Claus Andersen
Dec 13 at 10:01
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
No, I've figured this out while I downloaded ports and searched for gnome-specific ports.
– LukeFox
Dec 13 at 10:15
add a comment |
You may need to modify pkgng to point at the freebsd repo. but before that make a back up of FreeBSD.conf.
Actually you are going to change repository from
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/quarterly" to
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest".
nano /etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf:
FreeBSD:
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest"
Mirror_type: "srv",
enabled: yes
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You may need to modify pkgng to point at the freebsd repo. but before that make a back up of FreeBSD.conf.
Actually you are going to change repository from
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/quarterly" to
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest".
nano /etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf:
FreeBSD:
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest"
Mirror_type: "srv",
enabled: yes
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You may need to modify pkgng to point at the freebsd repo. but before that make a back up of FreeBSD.conf.
Actually you are going to change repository from
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/quarterly" to
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest".
nano /etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf:
FreeBSD:
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest"
Mirror_type: "srv",
enabled: yes
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You may need to modify pkgng to point at the freebsd repo. but before that make a back up of FreeBSD.conf.
Actually you are going to change repository from
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/quarterly" to
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest".
nano /etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf:
FreeBSD:
url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/$ABI/latest"
Mirror_type: "srv",
enabled: yes
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