From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 24 11:16:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA19210 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 11:16:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA19145 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 11:16:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA10043; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 05:46:15 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id FAA17529; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 05:46:14 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980225054613.29688@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 05:46:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: mikebo@tellabs.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 225R CD - Can you install X WITHOUT the sources? References: <199802241712.LAA02796@sunk31.tellabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802241712.LAA02796@sunk31.tellabs.com>; from mikebo@tellabs.com on Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 11:12:44AM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 24 February 1998 at 11:12:44 -0600, mikebo@tellabs.com wrote: > Greetings - > I am installing FreeBSD 2.2.5R from the distribution CD onto a lowly > 500MB disk. I'm trying to install with X-Windows, but there doesn't > seem to be a way to install X without getting all the X source as > well. I really don't understand this assertion. Installing X is divided into so many subpackages that I find it confusing. Could you explain, please? > Is there a way to get X-win to install from the CD without getting all > the darn sources? Yes. If you have a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm), look on pages 64 and 65. If you don't, it's not worth buying the book just for that: it should be obvious when you go through the install menus. > I know I could simply skip X-win from the CD installer, and install > the binaries manually - but I shouldn't HAVE to. ;v) Correct. Now what's your problem? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message