Freebsd Desktop Install

Posted on 11-05-2021 by admin

FreeBSD desktop installer

About

This script helps you set up a desktop system on top of FreeBSD 10/11. It will install PKG, X, a Desktop Environment of your choice, some optional Desktop software and set up a 'wheel/video' user.

Usage

This section describes how to install three popular desktop environments on a FreeBSD system. A desktop environment can range from a simple window manager to a complete suite of desktop applications. Over a hundred desktop environments are available in the x11-wm category of the Ports Collection. Desktop Environments. This section describes how to install three popular desktop environments on a FreeBSD system. A desktop environment can range from a simple window manager to a complete suite of desktop applications. Over a hundred desktop environments are available in the x11-wm category of the Ports Collection. FreeBSD doesn't include a GUI desktop, but there is a way to install GNOME and give a user sudo privileges. FreeBSD is an outstanding platform. It's about as reliable an operating system as you.

Install FreeBSD, but do not create any additional users
Copy the installDesktop.sh script onto a USB flash drive and stick it into your freshly installed FreeBSD machine
Log in as root, mount the stick and execute the script. This could look something link this (replace locations appropriately):

Follow the instructions on screen. If you made a mistake, use CTRL+C to abort, then simply run the script again.

Advanced options

Freebsd Desktop Guide

You can launch the script with additional parmeters: