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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Having bad time getting X11 on the machine...... help?????
Date: 23 Jun 1997 13:21:16 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5ofenq$isn@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu>,
rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu (Bob Keys) writes:
> After about 6 internet tries at installing 3.0 snap, even with calling
> the ALL sources (lots of stuff there)..... I can't get X11 on the box.
> All the accessories and packages are installed, but the basic X11 is
> not. I was downloading from current.freebsd.org. Should I be using
> some other site? Also, if all I have left is X11 to install, can it
> be done without invoking the whole install all over again? Every time
> I try to set the distribution for X11, it pulls in User or Developer,
> and tries to install itself all over again..... quite redundant, and
> very time consuming to go nowhere.
>
> Maybe if all else fails, how would I go about a manual X11 install
> from /tmp via a download of all the X11 stuff to there? That would
> be the cat xxxx | gzip -d | tar whatever if memory serves me correctly.
> Disk space is no problem, thankfully, so I can load tmp if I need to.
>
> Any pointers appreciated.
>
> Almost there....
>
> Bob Keys
> rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu
>
> p.s. Kudos to the FreeBSD crowd. It is much better than earlier
> versions, for the neophyte geek to install.
Use the ports :)
The XFree86 stuff compiles nice-'n-easy from /usr/ports/x11/XFree86.
You just have to download the source (~30Mb). If you're running
-current, it's best IMHO to be able to rebuild everything on your
machine - in case someone changes something nasty.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !