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Date:      Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:52:03 +0100
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Todd Doucet <todd@lugaru.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: documentation problem, imho
Message-ID:  <19991121115203.B48139@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991121015405.00885100@lugaru.com>
References:  <3.0.5.32.19991121015405.00885100@lugaru.com>

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-On [19991121 08:01], Todd Doucet (todd@lugaru.com) wrote:
>Now I discover that I wish I had selected
>"X Developer" originally when asked.  I have
>been unable to figure out how to accomplish
>this, despite hours of trying.
>
>I've tried these things, among others:
>
>!.  Started /stand/sysinstall and basically
>    started over, selecting "Novice".  This
>    really wants to repartition my hard
>    drive.  I don't want to start ALL OVER,
>    I just want to do the equivalent of
>    the "X Developer" selection.

Wrong.

Select from the main menu > Configure > Distributions.

The only caveat I can see is that you have to select your own stuff
instead of the ready-to-choose `kits'.

>I suspect there is a "package" or a "port" that
>corresponds to the "X Developer" selection during
>installation, but I have been unable to determine
>what that is.

The `kits' set different option on and off in Configure > Distributions

>Or perhaps there isn't such a package or port.  But
>then I still don't know what I'm supposed to do.  As
>it stands now, the installed system does not have
>basic header files for the X window system.

Configure > Distributions > XFree86 and select what you need.

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