[ug-bosug] Fwd: [osol-discuss] Re: Could we have XFCE/KDE in the next OpenSolaris build?

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On 4/24/07, Joe G (Joseph George) <Joe.G at sun.com> wrote:
> Maybe, someone on this list would be interested in putting together a script
> that can download and install xfce/kde.
>

To use the binaries directly, it has to be blastwave as of now and for
this a single command is all it takes to install xfce or kde. For ex
for xfce: pkg-get -i xfce
The list of softwares available are at : http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php

Given the simplicity of installing from the net and the fact that
dependancies are automatically handled, script might not be necessary.

The downside with blastwave is that all the other libraries/packages
that are required are also downloaded and installed at /opt/csw even
if these were installed along with OS. So it is not exactly the case
of a complete integration. But for the end user it works.

regards
Shiv