Re: KDE with FreeBSD

Andy Fawcett <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:20:08 +0300

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.kde.non-linux
Organization	Being Lazy At Home (BLAH!)
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On Monday 06 September 2004 05:45, Harry Veltman wrote:
> Is it possible to install KDE from my Red Hat Linux 7.2 CD in a
> FreeBSD 4.8 installation?  I installed FreeBSD 4.8, but the xFree86
> GUI doesn't seem to like my video card, so it won't install.  I would
> prefer KDE.  When I installed Red Hat Linux 7.2, I installed KDE, but
> I couldn't use my printer or access the internet, so I deleted Red
> Hat and gave up on it.  Thanks.

While this might work, using Linux emulation, there is a high 
probability that it won't.

A much better plan would be to try the packages from 
http://rabarber.fruitsalad.org/ which are created specially for 
FreeBSD.

A.

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