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FreeBSD GNOME News
Latest update: March 24, 2008
- Announcing GNOME 2.22.0 for
FreeBSD!
- Announcing GNOME 2.20.1 for
FreeBSD!
- GNOME 2.19.6 available for FreeBSD
- GNOME 2.19.3 available for FreeBSD
- GNOME 2.18.2 available for FreeBSD
- GNOME 2.19.1 available for FreeBSD
- GNOME 2.18.1 available for FreeBSD
- GNOME 2.18 release for FreeBSD!
- GNOME 2.17.92 available for
FreeBSD
- GNOME 2.17.91 available for
FreeBSD
- More...
GNOME Project News
- Release of GNOME SlackBuild GNOME 2.22.1
Desktop for Slackware 12.1
- KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation to
co-host flagship conferences
- 3rd GNOME Mobile summit to be held in
Austin this week
- Libre Graphics Meeting needs your
help
- GNOME 2.22 released
- GNOME Foundation Annual Report 2007
released
- GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation
join forces
- GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul,
Turkey
- GNOME Foundation Announces Program to
Sponsor Accessibility Projects
- More...
The FreeBSD GNOME Project
What is GNOME?
GNOME is a complete graphical desktop for X, including everything from a window manager to web browsers, audio players, office programs, and more.
The FreeBSD GNOME Project is a team of devoted developers and users that manage the integration of GNOME and FreeBSD.
How to install GNOME
The easiest way to install GNOME is to install either of the following ports:
- x11/gnome2 (the full desktop)
- x11/gnome2-lite (the minimum desktop environment)
And, as desired, one or all of:
- x11/gnome2-fifth-toe (common applications)
- x11/gnome2-power-tools (tools/toys for power users)
- editors/gnome2-office (office productivity)
- devel/gnome2-hacker-tools (development tools)
Upgrading to GNOME 2.22?
If you are upgrading from GNOME 2.20 to GNOME 2.22, read the Upgrade FAQ for upgrade instructions.
State of the port
GNOME for FreeBSD is currently supported on 6.3, 6-STABLE, 7.0, 7-STABLE, and 8-CURRENT. Most of GNOME has been ported to FreeBSD, but there is still plenty left to be done!
One stop solution shop!
GNOME is simple and easy to build using the FreeBSD ports system, but sometimes things simply go wrong. If GNOME -- or anything that uses GNOME libraries -- is not building the way it should, simply run the gnomelogalyzer.sh tool from the directory of the failed port, and let the gnomelogalyzer figure out what's wrong and how to fix it!