I recently installed Slackware 9.1 from the official CD's. At the time I chose
not to install Gnome. Now I think I may want to try it out after all.

I understand the simple package installing scripts (for installing individual
packages), but, I'm guessing that Gnome consists of more than just one
package. :) Is there a tool to install the whole "GTK" "software set" all at
once?

How can I install Gnome now?

Try Dropline Gnome, you won't be sorry!

If you want the original gnome from the cd's, put in the cd with the gnome packages on it, mount it, cd to that directory and run installpkg *.tgz ... You might need some libraries from L as well for the gnome install. I do agree though dropline gnome is nice, when I used it though. I'm an E freak and I always will be.

go to the directory where the install files are located
there should be a command there called ./install-packages
if you run it you should get an interactive tool where you can choose all the packages you want

or use the command
installpkg *.tgz
that will install all the packages in the current directory

E as in emacs? heh! original and best, the ultimate graphical frontend!!!!

E as in Enlightenment

Dropline is VERY nice, but 2.4.1 had some stability problems with Nautilus, at least for me. I'm running a stock Slack Gnome install and it is great. One good thing about Dropline, is the way it adds icons for system administration to the 'Applications' menu, and the provision for shutting down or rebooting as a normal user. Nice touches for someone who doesn't want to have to log out, then shut down, or run command line config tools.

Paul

Ok! Here we are. Looks like the "GTK" software set has now been renamed "GNOME" software set. I've got the official cd's, and the directories for the software sets are all lowercase and listed under the parent directory "slackware".

The gnome directory contains an install-packages script (thanks for letting me know about it nesware!) which seems to be made just for someone in my shoes. :)

As root, I cd'd into the gnome directory and ran ./install-packages and it started up that nice blue and blue-green ncurses gui. :)

Well, every package is listed, and I really don't have any idea which ones I might not want...

Hmm... there's *2* web browsers: galeon and something called epiphany. Weird.
I wonder why they need two.

As the packages install, the gui refreshes so you can speed-read the descriptions as they go by (just like with the setup program when you do a Slackware install).

Wow. (Note, I'm typing this on a laptop sitting beside the Slack box) It seemed to freeze up for about 2 minutes while installing something called scrollkeeper, but it eventually continued and finished the script.

Now, as a regular user, I ran xwmconfig and there's the xinitrc.gnome choice listed at the top. Sweet.

Logged out, ran startx, and up comes Gnome 2.4.

Thanks!

Glad you got everything working.

Paul