Re: Apple's X11 and Gnome
Re: Apple's X11 and Gnome
- Subject: Re: Apple's X11 and Gnome
- From: Eric Maher <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:09:33 -0500
Jay
Just wondering if there it a tutorial out there to install Gnome2 or
even 1.4 with Apple's X11. I installed this version of X11 and felt
confused with what I can do. Can anyone help me with setting my
machine up.
I originally installed the xdarwin version of XFree86 (upon which
Apple's X11 is based) and then used fink to install Gnome 1.4. Since
you already installed Apple's X11, I'm pretty sure you have one of the
prerequisites for installing Gnome. The other is installing Fink.
1) After you have fink installed, select a Gnome component (such as the
GIMP) it will prompt you to download and install the dependancies for
the component (of which the Gnome desktop environment is one.)
Note:
You will be prompted to install the XFree86 packages either as a
complete install or installing placeholder packages. Install the
placeholders, as Apple's X11 installs everything you ought to need.
2) After Gnome is installed, you'll probably want to create an .xinitrc
in your home directory. Open up Terminal, and type in "pico .xinitrc".
Note the period in front of the xinitrc. Type (or copy and paste in)
the following lines:
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
export GDK_USE_XFT=1
exec gnome-session
The first line adds some stuff to your path. If you installed xdarwin,
you may have some other lines in your .xinitrc. The other two lines
were suggested in a newsgroup posting I found on Google groups. The
second line is what actually starts Gnome. If anyone in the group has
additions or corrections, please share...
I can't boot into >console and run startx anymore either
You mean the login using the username >console doesn't work anymore?
(I replaced my fink install of XFree86 with Apple's X11)
Sounds like you already have Fink, so you're 90% of the way there. I
think Apple's X11 doesn't clobber the fink stuff, as fink installs
under /sw.
Good luck!
Eric
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