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I tried to install gnome for this lab. I installed gnome with the packaging method. I used sysinstall, the default installer. The steps are very simple. run sysinstall, select configure, goto packages, select the location i.e CD/DVD or FTP etc. and select the package you want install. You can start gnome each time you start your system by adding this line ' gnome_enable="yes" ' to your /etc/rc.conf file.
===Milton Paiva===
'''Packages:''' constains pre-compiled code
pkg_add
pkg_delete
pkg_info
'''Ports:''' collections of files designed to automate the process of compiling an applications from the source code. It will do everything to install a new program as download, unpack, patch, compile and install.
*The ports can be used to generate packages.
*They both understand dependencies
Packages X Ports
Package Benefits
Smaller files
Do no require compilation.
Ports Benefits
Customizations for the architecture could improve performance
Multiple packages could coexist
Source code is included
Possibility of modify the software
