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Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:07:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        "HEITMEIER, MICHAEL (HP-Germany,ex1)" <michael_heitmeier@bbn.exch.hp.com>
Cc:        "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: gtk complication
Message-ID:  <199911101707.MAA28442@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <234F92BA3C7BD311BD31009027541A953A53B9@wagner.bbn.hp.com>

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On 10-Nov-99 HEITMEIER, MICHAEL (HP-Germany,ex1) wrote:
> I'am trying to install gtk 1.2.6 and have run into trouble because
> the
> configure script does not recognise X, which I have installed from
> the
> FreeBSD 3.3.5 binaries off the Xfree.org web site. Kind folks from
> the gtk
> mailing list have suggested that the X development headers and/or
> libraries
> are missing. This is still stuff I struggle with so my first question
> is: do
> I need to install the X source from
> ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/source
> <ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/source>;  in order to get
> these
> libraries?
> 
> How would I go about compiling/installing the source (since due to
> size they
> come in 3 chunks), would it work (if yes why do they distribute
> pre-compiled
> binaries?) and what do I do with the existing X installation?
> Uninstall/remove first? I'm a little hesitant as you can tell since
> I'm
> feeling there is a lot of potential to break things...

You can either reinstall X from the ports system (which you should also
be installing grk from), or you can download the Xprog.tgz from the
binaries directory from XFree86.org and install that using extract.

> Thanks for any advice!
> Michael

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