Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:26:19 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: do I *really* need xorg 7.x? Message-ID: <00304BF634CADE96DC6313CB@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90710212229t25419c50l751b132fc2fc7612@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90710212229t25419c50l751b132fc2fc7612@mail.gmail.com>
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--==========BFE17F66304AF4D5C768========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On October 21, 2007 10:29:36 PM -0700 Steve Franks=20 <stevefranks@ieee.org> wrote: > Seems every time I try to install a pkg or make a port lately, I get > this: > > =3D=3D=3D> Verifying install for /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries in > /usr/ports/x1 1/xorg-libraries > /usr/X11R6 exists, but it is not a symlink. Installation cannot proceed. > This looks like an incompletely removed old version of X. In the > current versio n, /usr/X11R6 must be a symlink if it exists at > all.Please read /usr/ports/UPDAT ING (entry of 20070519) for the > procedure to upgrade X.org related ports.*** Err or code 1 > > My system is just fine as is, thanks, am I stuck not installling any > of these ports unless I upgrade X? > No, you don't need to install X. Yes, you *do* need to install some of=20 the X libraries because they are used by ports you are trying to install. If you've never installed X on this box, just run mergebase.sh=20 (/usr/ports/Tools/scripts - IIRC) to create the symlink. Then install the = pkg or port you want, which will install the libraries needed. I have two headless servers running websites and other services, and both=20 have X stuff installed. That's the nature of shared libraries. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========BFE17F66304AF4D5C768==========--
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