If you see error messages, such as missing kernel drivers,
I recommend that you go to http://forums.gentoo.com and search for the driver that??™s causing
problems. Chances are that someone else has had the same problem and can offer you a solution.
33. Install a desktop. For most of us, it??™s not much fun just working from the command line.
The following command installs a basic set of desktop packages, including the X Window
System (xfree), KDE desktop (kde), Mozilla browser (mozilla), and Openoffice.org office
suite (openoffice-bin). (This takes a long time to install over the network.)
# emerge xorg-x11
At this point you can add a simple window manager, such as enlightenment. You could
add the entire KDE desktop (emerge kde) or GNOME desktop, but I warn you that it
will take a very, very long time to complete over the network. The Gentoo Quick Install
Guide shows an example GNOME install (emerge -vp gnome) as taking nearly nine
hours to complete and a complete KDE install (emerge -vp kde-meta) taking more
than 19 hours to complete.
Here is an example of installing the enlightenment window manager:
# emerge enlightenment
After that, you should choose some desktop applications to install. For example, here??™s
how to install the Firefox Web browser and Abiword word processor:
# emerge mozilla-firefox abiword
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