Gnome is one of the most popular desktop Linux environments. Gnome3 is the latest version of this software. In this article, let us look at how to install Gnome 3 on FreeBSD 11.1 and 11.2
Normally There is no Desktop environments installed with FreeBSD . but still exist in FreeBSD repositories , we are talking about Gnome3.18 and KDE4
This is a Live test from my Virtual machine Freebsd 11.1
How to install Gnome-3 on FreeBSD 11 ?
First Update and Upgrade your system
Update
root@osradarFreeBSD:~ # pkg update Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... Fetching meta.txz: 100% 944 B 0.9kB/s 00:01 Fetching packagesite.txz: 100% 6 MiB 916.1kB/s 00:07 Processing entries: 100% FreeBSD repository update completed. 31157 packages processed. All repositories are up to date. root@osradarFreeBSD:~ #
Upgrade
root@osradarFreeBSD:~ # pkg upgrade Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. Checking for upgrades (23 candidates): 100% Processing candidates (23 candidates): 100% The following 22 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
Install The needed packages for GNOME3
root@osradarFreeBSD:~ # pkg install gnome-desktop gdm xorg gnome3 Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. The following 554 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED:
Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable mouse daemon, dbus daemon and hal daemon.
gnome_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" gdm_enable="YES"
Next, you will need to mount /proc. Add the following line to /etc/fstab using the “vi” command, this will mount /proc on startup:
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
Reboot the machine.
Now the machine will boot into GDM login screen,
How to install KDE on FreeBSD 11
Install KDE with the following command
pkg install x11/kde4
Next, you will need to mount /proc. Add the following line to /etc/fstab using the “vi” command, this will mount /proc on startup:
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
You will next need to configure KDE to automatically start as FreeBSD boots, this can be done by adding these 3 lines to /etc/rc.conf using the “vi” command. This ensures that KDE and all its dependencies are running on boot:
dbus_enable=”YES” hald_enable=”YES” kdm4_enable=”YES”
Reboot the server
Please enjoy and let us Know if you still need any help !!!
