On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Ezequiel Reyes wrote:

> Hi all, I just installed 2.0 (downloaded i386pkg.iso), I do not have
> full-time access to internet, nor much disk space for compiling large
> projects, so I need preferably binary packages that come with the CD,
> not source. But the iso contains KDE 3.3 and only a few gnome
> packages, I could install kde with just ?pkg_add kde? and I must say
> it runs nicely but couln't install gnome.  Could someone tell me why
> does the iso come with some gnome packages if no gnome can't be
> installed? Is there a way to get gnome 2.8 or at least 2.6 in binary
> format? How can I get it?

You can get binaries for gnome 2.6.2 via "pkg_add":

	1) Set PKG_PATH
	
		# setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/2.0/i386/All

		# export PKG_PATH="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/2.0/i386/All" (for bash!)

	2) # pkg_add -v gnome-2.6.2


Ciao, Mark 


> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Congratulations to the NetBSD team, I eagerly waited for this release
> hopping it could be installed in my laptop (1.6 blocked the machine),
> and now with 2.0 all runs wonderfully.
> 
>