How to Install Desktop Environment Xfce in FreeBSD Easy

How to Install Desktop Environment Xfce in FreeBSD Easy, ane here will provide an article about installing desktop environment xfce in freebsd, by default freebsd interface using terminal or text-based.

FreeBSD only provides the core system, for other applications must be installed first by the user according to his needs, because ane sees the user prefers the visual appearance rather than using commands / text.

To change freebsd from terminal to graph is very easy, just enter a few command lines for, before installing the desktop enviroment in freebsd.

Things to Know and Need When Installing

•  Text Editor 

This is an application that is used to create, edit, delete the contents of a file for various types of extensions, for example here will install nano and vim applications that often users use.

• X Window System

Is a graphics and clustering system for unix-based operating systems and operating systems similar to unix, x windows system is a system manager window application when the unix operating system or the like is installed applications x windows system is ready to run using a GUI, here will install xorg.

• Desktop Environment

This refers more to the user interface style, which gives a trope of the desktop display on the computer screen, with the desktop environment being an unusual user solution with the command line / text.

For this type of desktop environment, there are very many types according to the user wants and comfortable when looking with the eyes, here will use the desktop environment xfce, this is very suitable for users who like a light minimalist look when running on the desktop without using too many resources when running.

• Login Manager 

Applications are used more to the user login display before entering the desktop, for the type of login manager there are many types in accordance with the user, here using the login manager slim and slim-theme for the theme.

Step - Step - Install Desktop Environment Xfce FreeBSD

Before installing the xfce user interface in freebsd, make sure the computer / laptop is connected to the internet want it to be installed on a whole computer or using a virtual machine.

Here ane use the root username and secret password to log in to the freebsd created during the freebsd install process and adjust it to the username and password that the user inputs.

Information:

• Regular User : $ symbol

          Have limited access rights to the system

• User Root : symbol #

          Choose full assessment rights to the system without any restrictions.

Enter the command on to install the application needed when using the user interface.

pkg install -y nano vim xorg xfce slim slim-themes firefox

Wait a few minutes for the download, extract, and install process to complete.

The download, extract, and install process is complete.

Enable the services needed to use the user interface.

Turn on dbus

 sysrc dbus_enable=YES

Enable hald

 sysrc hald_enable=YES

Turn on login manager

 sysrc slim_enable=YES

Turn on sound

 sysrc sound_load=YES

Turn on Graphic Drivers

sysrc snd_hda_load=YES

In order for Desktop Environment Xfce to run in real time, it must edit the .xinitrc file.

vim /home/ga/.xinitrc

or 

nano /home/ga/.xinitrc

 

Enter 1 command line in the .xinitrc file input exec startxfce4, and then save it.

For the command line under ane less add, xfce4.

After adding 1 command line, reboot the freebsd operating system by entering the reboot command in the terminal, to run the reboot command make sure by using the full user access rights i.e. root mode.

Wait until the boot process is complete, if successful it will be directed to the login manager that was previously installed, namely using slim and slim-themes user input to enter the xfce desktop.

Xfce environment desktop view

Check the freebsd kernel version, here using FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE

uname -sr

FreeBSD Official Website

How to Install Desktop Environment Xfce in FreeBSD, users can adjust the desktop environment that will be used freebsd, for desktop environments there are already a lot on the internet.