From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 00:56:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA08387 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:56:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de [141.31.112.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA08367 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:56:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE) Received: (from helbig@localhost) by rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (8.8.8/8.8.5) id JAA07213; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:55:00 +0100 (MET) From: Wolfgang Helbig Message-Id: <199711120855.JAA07213@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> Subject: Re: How to install X11 over existing 2.2.5 ? In-Reply-To: <3467A294.93C90B25@houseofduck.ml.org> from Joshua Fielden at "Nov 10, 97 07:11:00 pm" To: jfielden@geocities.com Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:54:59 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > > According to Joe McGuckin: > > > > 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. > > > > > > How about /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 ?? > > > > X11 is fairly large...I don't think someone would want to go this route > > unless they are in no hurry at all. :) > > Only takes me about 2 1/2 hrs on a P133. :-) To get it faster, use /stand/sysinstall, choose "configure" -> "Distributions" -> "Custom" and select XFree86 as the distribution to be installed. Wolfgang