GNOME3 on FreeBSD?

[markbsd]

Is it available? I've found some links talking about it being ported to FreeBSD (a year ago), but can't find anything else.

 

[cpm@]

Take a look to GNOME Development Branch FAQ. There you can find the information to install it, so you need merge the contents related to GNOME3 from MarcusCom SVN repository into /usr/ports. Or if you prefer, you can use the pkgdemon.com repository.

Note that GNOME3 ports are currently in an experimental stage. Please, read this message.

Also see both threads:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=35760.
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=36570.

 

[markbsd]

Thanks, @cpm, that first option seems like too many moving parts to go wrong somewhere, for me anyway. I'll go with pkgdemon.com.

 

[markbsd]

Not sure what I'm missing here, @cpm. That site just provides the following to install GNOME3:

Instructions for FreeBSD 9.x (Current Release)

These are the instructions for FreeBSD 9 series which use pkgng for installation.

Disclaimer

By installing this software you are in agreement that Pkgdemon and any of it's affiliates are not in anyway responsible for what may happen to your computer. Pkgdemon is not affiliated FreeBSD. Please do not contact them for support if you install this software.

Further testing and fixes are needed. Coming soon.

edit rc.conf

The following are required in /etc/rc.conf to launch Gnome 3 with GDM:

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
avahi_daemon_enable="YES"
avahi_dnsconfd_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"

But, how do I actually use their repository to install GNOME3?

 

[cpm@]

Regarding the instructions for FreeBSD 9 series, see here.