Comments on: Build report for pkgsrc

By: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:35:16 +0000

Naming of the KDE packages is creating a list as mixed of files for versions of KDE .

A scheme like the following may generate a structured directory list with respect to KDE versions :

kde4
kde4-accessibilty
kde4-admin
kde4-artwork
kde4-base
kde4-base-runtime
kde4-base-workspace
kde4-edu
kde4-games
kde4-graphics
kde4-libs
kde4-network
kde4-pim
kde4-pim-runtime
kde4-pim-libs
kde4-sdk
kde4-toys
kde4-webdev
kde4-bindings-python
kde4-plasma-addons

By using find-replace on files in directories , I think , it is possible to generate such a package list .

A similar naming may be used for kde3-*

Inclusion of k3b into dependencies of kde versions may be useful for the users .

Nearly all of the Linux KDE distributions are including k3b as dependency . This is important for
CD/DVD/Blue Ray disk burning , therefore taking back-ups or other recording needs .

Thank you very much .

By: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:25:06 +0000

My opinion about GNOME failure is that , directory

~/.gconf

is empty .

In other systems , this directory is NEVER empty .

It is likely that , this directory is NOT created properly .

Thank you very much .

By: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:47:01 +0000

Steps given in Handbook about running GNOME is NOT working , i.e. , it seems that they are NOT correct .

Thank you very much .

By: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:39:16 +0000

http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/packages/x86_64/DragonFly-3.0.1/pkgsrc-2011Q4/All/

there is NO

kde3-… or
kde4-..

meta-packages like in FreeBSD :

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/kde.tbz
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/kde4.tbz

Therefore , it is not possible to

pkg_radd kde3

pkg_radd kde4

as is written in

http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/X/

These staements are given error like :
pkg_add : no pkg found for ‘kde3’ , sorry . , or
pkg_add : no pkg found for ‘kde4’ , sorry .

k3b-1.0.5 requires kde-3.5.10 … .
Due to this dependency , if kde4 parts are installed , it is not possible to install
k3b .
There is no any k3b4-2.0.2 … like in FreeBSD :

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/k3b-kde4.tbz

KDE4 depends on Virtuoso , but there is no any package in the above directory

like in FreeBSD :

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/virtuoso.tbz

Due to the above reasons , KDE4 installation is NOT possible .

GNOME :

It is possible to

pkg_radd gnome .

After completion of gnome package adding , some actions are suggested to properly run GNOME .

Except fam , and cups , the others have been applied , and the computer rebooted .

After login through GNOME page ,
the following message has been displayed :

“System has no Xclients file , so starting a failsafe xterm session .
Windows will have focus only if the mouse pointer is above them .
To get out of this mode type ‘exit’ in the window .”

When OK is clicked

A single xterm window appeared .
When exit is entered ,
GNOME login screen has appeared .

This is causing an ENDLESS loop .

When

man Xclients

entered , reply is :
“No manual entry for Xclients” .

As a summary ,

– GNOME execution is NOT possible .
– There is NO any conformity between suggestions after GNOME package add and
information given in the Handbook .

Thank you very much .