--- doc/en/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml 2006/07/12 04:00:59 1.3 +++ doc/en/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml 2006/07/14 20:30:27 1.4 @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ to install some popular desktop applications effortlessly, either from their packages or from the ports collection. + + This chapter contains a number of outdated + references to the FreeBSD ports collection. Most instructions + still apply to pkgsrc, but proceed with caution until this + chapter is updated. + + Note that when installing programs from the ports, they are compiled from source. This can take a very long time, depending on what you are compiling and the processing power of your @@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ The Mozilla package from the network by: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r mozilla + &prompt.root; pkg_add mozilla If the package is not available, and you have enough time and disk space, you can get the source for @@ -330,17 +337,16 @@ export LD_PRELOAD Opera is a very fast, full-featured, and standards-compliant browser. It comes in - two favors: a FreeBSD version and a - version that runs under Linux emulation. - For each operating system, there is a no-cost version of the + a version that runs under Linux emulation. + There is a no-cost version of the browser that displays advertising and an ad-free version that can be purchased on the Opera web site. - To browse the Web with the FreeBSD version of Opera, + To browse the Web with Opera, install the package: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r opera + &prompt.root; pkg_add opera Some FTP sites do not have all the packages, but the same result can be obtained with the ports collection by @@ -349,16 +355,6 @@ export LD_PRELOAD &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/www/opera &prompt.root; make install clean - To install the Linux version of - Opera, substitute - linux-opera in place of - opera in the examples above. The Linux - version is useful in situations requiring the use of plug-ins - that are only available for Linux, such as Adobe - &acrobat.reader;. In all other respects, the - &os; and Linux versions appear to be functionally - identical. - @@ -444,7 +440,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install KOffice as a package, issue the following command: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r koffice + &prompt.root; pkg_add koffice If the package is not available, you can use the ports collection. For instance, to install @@ -474,7 +470,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD AbiWord is available as a package. You can install it by: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r AbiWord-gnome + &prompt.root; pkg_add AbiWord If the package is not available, it can be compiled from the ports collection. The ports collection should be more @@ -568,7 +564,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install OpenOffice.org, do: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r openoffice + &prompt.root; pkg_add openoffice Once the package is installed, you must run the setup program and choose a . @@ -760,7 +756,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install the &acrobat.reader; 5 package, do: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r acroread5 + &prompt.root; pkg_add acroread5 As usual, if the package is not available or you want the latest version, you can use the ports collection as @@ -807,7 +803,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install gv as a package, do: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r gv + &prompt.root; pkg_add gv If you cannot get the package, you can use the ports collection: @@ -835,7 +831,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install the Xpdf package, issue this command: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r xpdf + &prompt.root; pkg_add xpdf If the package is not available or you prefer to use the ports collection, do: @@ -865,7 +861,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD If you want to install the GQview package, do: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r gqview + &prompt.root; pkg_add gqview If the package is not available or you prefer to use the ports collection, do: @@ -948,7 +944,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install GnuCash on your system, do: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r gnucash + &prompt.root; pkg_add gnucash If the package is not available, you can use the ports collection: @@ -982,7 +978,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install Gnumeric as a package, type in: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r gnumeric + &prompt.root; pkg_add gnumeric If the package is not available, you can use the ports collection by doing: @@ -1011,7 +1007,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD To install Abacus from its package, do: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r abacus + &prompt.root; pkg_add abacus If the package is not available, you can use the ports collection by doing: @@ -1082,7 +1078,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD AbiWord - AbiWord-gnome + AbiWord editors/AbiWord