--- 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+ This chapter contains a number of outdated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 mozillaIf 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 operaSome 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 kofficeIf 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 AbiWordIf 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 openofficeOnce 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 acroread5As 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 gvIf 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 xpdfIf 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 gqviewIf 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 gnucashIf 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 gnumericIf 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 abacusIf the package is not available, you can use the ports
collection by doing:
@@ -1082,7 +1078,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD
AbiWord
- AbiWord-gnome
+ AbiWordeditors/AbiWord