Re: starting GNUstep applications in freeBSD 6.0release

[Chris Vetter]

On 2006-04-10 22:31:30 +0200 infosuffer@gmail.com wrote:
> i just recently setup freeBSD 6.0 with windowmaker as my WM. i thought
> i would try some of these GNUstep apps to help finish out the desktop
> but i cannot seem to figure out how to start any of them. i installed
> several from ports and typing the name in a xterm does not work. ive
> read somewhere that you need to use ./openapp or just plain old 
> openapp
> to get these apps working but have had no success with that either.
> always returns "command not found"

If you take a look at /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.gnustep.mk you'll notice that 
GNUstep is installed under /usr/local/GNUstep by default.
So you will have to source in 
/usr/local/GNUstep/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.[c]sh (depending in your 
shell). That will set the required environment variables used by 
GNUstep, so you might want to add the sourcing in to you shell's 
startup script, like $HOME/.profile or $HOME/.bashrc.

Once the GNUstep.[c]sh file is sourced in, you should be able to run 
'openapp Foobar.app' (the 'openapp' tool is located in GNUstep's Tool 
directory). Of course you will have to make sure that applications are 
installed first ;-)
You will find ProjectCenter and Gorm in /usr/ports/devel for example, 
GWorkspace in /usr/ports/deskutils and ImageViewer in 
/usr/ports/graphics. I know there's more, but can't tell which from 
the top of my head.

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Chris