Install GNOME 2 in FreeBSD 8

This is a quick guide to install GNOME in FreeBSD 8.0.

Create a minimal install of FreeBSD, see this post.

As of 5/21/2010, this will install GNOME 2.26.3

As a root user add the following packages.

pkg_add -r xorg
pkg_add -r gnome2

Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the following if not there yet.

gdm_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

That's it...reboot the machine and enjoy!!!

~ts