Problem installing xfce in FreeBSD 13 RC3 installed in a Raspberry Pi
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NotGenericJosukeName · 2021-03-22 22:05

Im doing a school assignment using freeBSD 13 RC3 using a Raspberry
PI3+, i had already done the pkg update and pkg upgrade, but this
thing pop up while im trying to install xfce, im new using the OS so
im kinda lost.

https://preview.redd.it/n6r0id6rhno61.png?width=804&format=png&auto=we
bp&s=b00cfb6241d6c68c46633452f36253527a0ae42c

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Fortescue · 2021-03-22 22:20

Could be a slightly different package name.

Try “pkg search xfce” and see if it gives you a more complete name to
try.

Possibly “xfce4”?

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NotGenericJosukeName · 2021-03-22 22:37

https://imgur.com/5zMwjqU

this are the things that show with the search command

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michaelfatbender · 2021-03-23 01:03

It's possible binary packages aren't built for arm64. You may have to
build it from ports...which would take a long time on a raspberry pi.

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lufthansen · 2021-03-23 05:28

Here you can find some more details and also how to try via ports
https://www.freshports.org/x11-wm/xfce4/

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rykolepl · 2021-03-23 10:58

So it appears that there are no xfce4 binary ports for arm64. You may
have some luck building it from ports as others suggested.

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frankharv · 2021-03-23 19:05

And you win today's prize for the most insightful answer.

See how Ron has added a nice table with all the different
architectures on Freshports.

Now look at aarch64. It shows Xfce version 4.16 ONLY ON LATEST BRANCH.

So switch your /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to latest from quarterly and
enjoy the ride.

pkg install xfce4 should work with latest branch and be much quicker
than compiling from ports (days quicker).

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[deleted] · 2021-03-23 19:37

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NotGenericJosukeName · 2021-03-23 19:40

I just change that and this is what i got  https://imgur.com/nwNPUpc

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scoobybejesus · 2021-03-23 23:11

The instructions in the parent link say the package name is just xfce,
not xfce4.

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NotGenericJosukeName · 2021-03-25 05:15

i got this from xfce search  https://imgur.com/CXvZGSF

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NotGenericJosukeName · 2021-03-25 05:54

cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4/ && make install clean

is this the command that i should run?

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michaelfatbender · 2021-03-25 12:02

That looks right to me.

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NotGenericJosukeName · 2021-03-25 14:50

after a lot of time the process throw me an error and it cancel
itself.

i guess im just going to use it without a DE

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scoobybejesus · 2021-03-25 15:22

Now that you are on the 'latest' branch, have you tried \`pkg install
xfce\`?