From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 24 18:30: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FAF37B401 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:29:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A9D2B693; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 03:29:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 41E05150; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:29:19 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:29:19 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Nathan Mace Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Upgrading X windows Message-ID: <20011025112919.H552@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Nathan Mace , freebsd-questions References: <20011024210550.3380b0a2.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011024210550.3380b0a2.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>; from mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 09:05:50PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 09:05:50PM -0400, Nathan Mace wrote: > i have X windows 3.3.6 installed on my 4-4STABLE machine. X windows 3 > was installed when i installed from CD. it is not listed when i do a > "pkg_info". how can i upgrade via the ports to version 4? i REALLY > can't afford to have the 2 versions conflict and have neither one to > work. please cc me the replies. Removing /usr/X11R6 from your system will do the uninstallation-trick. Buuut, a couple of the ports might have been installed in /usr/X11R6, so you have to rebuild them (which is not a bad idea anyway if you're upgrading to a new major version anyway) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message