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From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it>
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To: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
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Subject: Re: How to install X11 over existing 2.2.5 ?
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Joe McGuckin wrote:
> 
> I've already installed 2.2.5 on my computer. At that time I did
> not install X11. Now I want to install X11. How do I do this with
> wiping our or overwriting my existing installation? The X11 developer
> distribution description "Kernel developer with XFree86" leads me to
> think that that choice would reinstall the entire OS.

You need at least :

preinst.sh      Pre-installation script
postinst.sh     Post-installation script
extract         XFree86 extraction utility
X331bin.tgz     Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files
X331doc.tgz     Documentation
X331fnts.tgz    75dpi, misc and PEX fonts
X331lib.tgz     Data files required at run-time
X331man.tgz     Manual pages
X331set.tgz     XF86Setup utility
X331VG16.tgz    16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server) 
X331cfg.tgz     sample config files for xinit, xdm

then :

mkdir /usr/X11R6
cd /usr/X11R6
sh /path/preinst.sh 
chmod 755 /path/extract
/path/extract /path/X331*.tgz   
sh /path/postinst.sh


This instruction can be found on the file REALNOTE of the Xfree331
distribution.



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Regards...

Gianmarco
"Unix expert since yesterday"

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