Hi, On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 09:33:56PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > At the web page > http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/X/ > most of the text is crossed out, so I am wondering how to install a > GUI; xwindows and mate. > > As previousle mentioned in response to a query that I posted about the > LiveCD. apparently, the Live CD, and, from what I understand, > installing dragonflyBSD, do not come with the GUI; from what I > understand, it has to be manually separately installed, and, each of > the associated packages, have to be separately manually installed. > > But, the handbook appears to not have information of how to do this.
These commands or a variation thereof should install the required packages: pkg install xorg-server xorg-drivers xinit pkg install mate Then writing a ~/.xinitrc file containing a single mate-session line and running startx should get you going. -- Francois Tigeot
