Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 18:53:27 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: allenc@verinet.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 3.3.1 distribution problem Message-ID: <19971018185327.28769@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <344962E6.4B14@verinet.com>; from Allen Campbell on Sat, Oct 18, 1997 at 07:31:18PM -0600 References: <199710171834.LAA28906@hub.freebsd.org> <344962E6.4B14@verinet.com>
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Allen Campbell scribbled this message on Oct 18:
[...]
> Ok, no pkg_add. I think (as opposed to know) that the XFree86
> distribution in XF8633 is not assembled by FreeBSD maintainers, so I
> wasn't suprised that pkg_add didn't work. However, the bug database
> reference I found did not specifiy _how_ to manually install. Futher
> searching in the mail archive said I should use the 'extract.sh'
> script. I hunted through ftp.freebsd.org and ftp.cdrom.com; no
> extract.sh.
the problem is that you didn't read the documentation that is in the
same directory as XF33{,1}bin.tgz
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/FreeBSD-2.2/{FILES,README,RELNOTES,extract,preinst.sh,postinst.sh}
and ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/XF38633 is just a
symnlink to the above directory...
> Finally, I gave up, made the /usr/X11R6 directory and untared X33bin.tgz
> into it. I also ran ldconfig -m /usr/X11R6/lib as per the postinst.sh
> script in the XFree86 3.3.1 distibution.
if you read the docs that is one of the ways to install it...
> Java is happy now. I'm not running X, so I don't need more than the
> libs in X33bin.tgz.
>
> What am I doing wrong? What is the recommended way to install XFree86
> 3.3.1 on FreeBSD 2.2.2, in case I get inspired and try to install the
> rest.
as above, read the install documentation that comes with XFree86..
also.. if you installed X33bin.tgz you actually installed XFree86
version 3.3, and not 3.3.1... just so you know...
hope this helps... ttyl...
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