Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:45:22 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "David Gray" <david.gray@computer.org>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XFree86-3.3.3.1 port breaks Message-ID: <018801be6456$b8c780c0$0200000a@danco.home>
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David Gray wrote: >Basically, I can't build XFree86. The makefile breaks when it tries to >apply the patches to the source distribution. The output from make is >appended to this mail. > >I run 3.1-stable, about 2 weeks old, and have an up-to-date ports tree. I've found that the easiest way to install/upgrade XFree86 is with the binary distribution available from ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.3.1/binaries/Free-BSD-3.0/. See section 7 of the release notes (ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.3.1/binaries/FreeBSD-3.0/RELNOTES) for simple step-by-step instructions and a list of the files you need to download. Once you have the distfiles you need, it's merely a matter of running three script files and then the graphical setup utility: # md /usr/X11R6 # cd /usr/X11R6 # sh <your-download-dir>/preinst.sh # <your-download-dir>/extract <your-download-dir>/X*.tgz # sh <your-download-dir>postinst.sh # XF86Setup To get FreeBSD's ports to recognize that you've installed X, create the directory /var/db/pkg/XFree86-3.3.3.1 Good luck! --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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