Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:09:32 +0000 From: Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@attbi.com> To: Bborie Park <bkpark@ucdavis.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Properly installing the XFree86 4.3.0 port on Freebsd 5 Message-ID: <3E8AEF1C.1040104@attbi.com> References: <200304022151.h32Lplt27977@citheronia.ucdavis.edu>
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Bborie Park wrote: >Hi, > >I've been trying to install the X 4.3.0 Port on a full install of FreeBSD 5 >Release. In regards to my attempts at installing, I've got several questions. > >1. By default, the initial full install puts XFree86 4.2.0 on the system. >How do I properly overwrite/uninstall this so that 4.3.0 can replace it? >When I use 'make install clean' in the XFree86-4 port and examine using >pkg_version, there are two XFree86s. > >2. A little more desperate. How do I properly install the 4.3.0 port? I've >tried numerous times in XFree86-4 as well as its client, libraries, server >and fonts directories and every time it fails. > >Any help/advice would be great. > >Thanks >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > 1. Use portupgrade (1) . Read the man page. 2. Try updating imake first. 3. Subscribe to freebsd-current. There have been a number of threads along this line. -Ryan
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