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Date:      Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:09:32 +0000
From:      Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@attbi.com>
To:        Bborie Park <bkpark@ucdavis.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Properly installing the XFree86 4.3.0 port on Freebsd 5
Message-ID:  <3E8AEF1C.1040104@attbi.com>
References:  <200304022151.h32Lplt27977@citheronia.ucdavis.edu>

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Bborie Park wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've been trying to install the X 4.3.0 Port on a full install of FreeBSD 5
>Release. In regards to my attempts at installing, I've got several questions.
>
>1. By default, the initial full install puts XFree86 4.2.0 on the system.
>How do I properly overwrite/uninstall this so that 4.3.0 can replace it?
>When I use 'make install clean' in the XFree86-4 port and examine using
>pkg_version, there are two XFree86s.
>
>2. A little more desperate. How do I properly install the 4.3.0 port? I've
>tried numerous times in XFree86-4 as well as its client, libraries, server
>and fonts directories and every time it fails.
>
>Any help/advice would be great.
>
>Thanks
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1.     Use portupgrade (1) . Read the man page.

2.    Try updating imake first.

3.    Subscribe to freebsd-current. There have been a number of threads 
along this line.

-Ryan




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