On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:59:07 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, it appears that Slack by default has installed the latest and > greatest xfree86-4.3.0-i386-2. The version that I am using on gentoo > (it works) is xfree-4.2.1-r2. I notice that XFree86-4.2.1.1 is > available in the Slack 9.0 pasture directory. Several gentoo users > have commented that 4.3.0 isn't all that stable. Note, I'm using the > built-in support (yeah, it's not that great) for my gforce2MX rather > than screwing around with the nvidia kernel support. > > How do I go about overlaying xfree on my Slack system? I was hoping > to find info in the howto, but I didn't. > OK, I did find on google: 1. Become root 2. cd to directory with package.tgz 3. Run installpkg package.tgz Does this overlay a prior (and higher) installed version? Do I need to remove the higher level package first? -- Collins _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
