Where can i find the rpm version of xfree 4.01??? From Xfree.org i was able
to find only the tar files.. :-(
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake + Xfree 4.01 Problem!!!
> Submitted 27-Aug-00 by TriOptimum:
> > I would like to install the xfree 4.01 i download on my Linux Mandrake
7.1.
> > . my question is.. is it easy to install it over the xfree4.0???
>
> Yes. It's is pretty straightforward _if_ you are using Mandrake RPMS.
>
> > And what i have to backup to be sure that if something goes wrong i can
> > replace the old xfree without problems?
>
> Just keep a copy of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and your old XF4 rpms.
>
> > And last question because Linux Mandrake has some different named dirs
> > than default Linux.. Should i change or rename something before trying
to
> > install the xfree 4.01.. have anyone tried it yet? Any advice for me?
>
> L-M does _not_ have non-standard dirs. What you will discover, however,
is
> that upgrading to new cooker RPMS at this point can cause complications.
The
> reasoning is simple. All documentation is moving from /usr to /usr/share
> per FHS (the Filesystem Heirarchy Standard). Because of this, man and
info
> pages installed by new cooker RPMS will be inaccessible with the man and
> info packages shipped with L-M 7.1 and earlier. Therefore it is important
> to upgrade those packages as well.
>
> As for whether you need to rename anything, absolutely not if you are
doing
> an RPM based install. If you are working from the tarballs available from
> xfree.org, I would first caution you to not use that version of XF 4.01.
>
> Upgrading anything in an RPM based distribution from a tarball is a Bad
Idea
> (tm), because dependancies for installing RPMS are satisfied only by
> checking the RPM database. If you have XF 4.01 and RPM thinks you have XF
4,
> then you won't be able to install packages that specifically require XF
4.01.
>
> Yes, I have tried it, I have been running XF 4.01 practically since it
> became available.
>
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