Install OpenBox on FreeBSD 10

1. Check if there are any updates to the OS:

freebsd-update fetch

freebsd-update install

2. Install Xorg and OpenBox:

pkg install xorg openbox tint2

3. Create the following directory inside your home directory:

mkdir ~/.configmkdir ~/.config/openbox 

mkdir ~/.config/tint2

2. Copy OpenBox provided configuration files to the directory:

cp /usr/local/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml ~/.config/openbox/menu.xmlcp /usr/local/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml

3. Copy Tint2 provided configuration file to the directory:

cp /usr/local/share/examples/tint2/tint2rc ~/.config/tint2

4. Create the following file and give it executable permissions:

touch ~/.config/openbox/autostart.shchmod +x ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

5. Echo the following content inside the file:

echo "#!/bin/sh" >> ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

6. Configure hal and dbus to start on boot:

echo 'hald_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

7. Instruct X to load OpenBox:

echo "exec openbox-session" >> ~/.xinitrc

8. Reboot the computer:

reboot

9. Launch OpenBox and edit Tint2:

startxtint2conf