Is there some documentation on istalling gnome on slackware? I went to the slackware website and there are a ton of packages for gnome, but I didn't see anything describing all what packages you needed to download and what order they needed to be installed.

install them all.

it's pretty easy to install with swaret, too:

# swaret --update
# swaret --install gnome

then just say "y" for the packages you want to install (probably all of them will do ).

you could also use dropline gnome, but some people (me included) have had problems with the dropline version of some applications, e.g., evolution, gedit, where apps would start "hanging." so i would try swaret -- much easier than doing it all by hand.

you can also install dropline gnome, which automates all your depencies etc.. and it keep your gnome nice up to date!! :-)

http://www.dropline.net/gnome/

I'll also vote for Dropline. Using it is cake, and once you fire up the installation process the thing runs on autopilot till it's finished. Even if you use KDE, you may consider using Dropline anyway, as it installs a huge number of useful packages (namely Ximian Evolution). Definitely take a look at it -- J.W.

I tried dropline but it keeps giving me errors and now I can't log on to the computer. With all the files needed for gnome, is it written somewhere what order they need to be installed?

I tried dropline gnome. Kept screwin up when installing the packages. So I tried uninstalling it. Bad mistake. Uninstalled everything. Anyway i got my slack install back to standard gnome. Never gonna bother trying dropline again. Rather dropkick it into oblivion.

Ximian Evolution - easy I used slapt-get to download and install it from linuxpackages.net. Works great.

You can get most of the stuff dropline gives you just by downloading individual packages and therefore you don''t have to put up with all the junk and crap dropline puts on your computer.

i dont know if this helps, but...

i had problems with my dropline install untill i cleared out the old gnome configuration files in my home directory. all is well sofar and id say dropline is a champ!

I just posted on another forum about this... I'll cut/paste for times sake...

Why do you need to download them? You already have them.... Theres some quirks with Dropline that irritate me so I never use it anymore. It likes to change all sorts of core stuff when theres no need to..... Do this... Put your 2nd CD of slackware in your drive and mount it.

cd /mnt/cdrom/slackware/gnome
pkgtool

Hit "enter" on the first option... "Install pakages from current directory"

Then hit enter about 40 times "Say 'yes' to each package"... TADA!!!! Gnome is now installed. Or you could hypothetically...

cd /mnt/cdrom/slackware/gnome
installpkg *.tgz

Never tried it but acording to the law of almighty bash (as long as pkgtool plays nice), I see no reason why it shouldn't work.....

If that doesn't work, you could:

cd /
tar -xzf /mnt/cdrom/slackware/gnome/*.tgz

Now THAT should work.... Again.... Hypothetically....

You could try installing "Dropline Gnome" but if you don't like it, it's pretty much woven into your system at that point I believe...

If you decide to install by source, you'll be doing that a month from now..... Good luck on that one...... Gnome are pricks when it comes to installing it on your own.... Theres about 30 or more packages that you will have to compile from source and they ALL need to be done in a certain order..... Did it for LFS and wanted to start randomly shooting people from my apartment balcony after the 10th hour of compiling..... Believe me... You will HATE life trying to compile Gnome from source. I don't know how KDE does it but it can never top Gnome...

edit- By the way, I personally, feel there is no room for rpm, swaret or any other non-native package tool on Slackware. Your just going to hose your system eventually if you try..... Do what you want but I would prefer myself to use .tgz's thru pkgtool or compile from source... I think he kinda coped out by installing rpm on Slackware for the new converts but then again, I use rpm2tgz all the time. I just don't install rpms........ More often than not, the wont work....