Re: Installing, then installing CDE

Hello,

On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:51:12 +0100
Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying out NetBSD 11 (x86-64) in a VirtualBox VM.
> 
> As I have encountered before, I somehow failed to install the `pkgin`
> command. I don't know how. I managed to bodge it into place somehow,
> and installed CDE.
> 
> I found this helpful:
> 
> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc/c/7eGksS80DfI
> 
> Is there a better guide anywhere?
> 
> I managed to install it, and _try_ to launch it with `startcde` but it
> shows a full-screen splash message, then dies with an error.
> 
> The default X11 WM (`ctwm`?) but CDE won't start.

IIRC CDE's background goop requires rpcbind, if it's not running CDE
won't start, and drop misleading error messages.
( and if you're not running anything nfs-related you probably don't
have rpcbind enabled )

have fun
Michael