Re: [Fink-devel] Compiling X11 from source

On Jun 9, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Michèle Garoche wrote:

> Could someone have a look at the instructions for compiling X11 from 
> source on the web site.
>
> (Below a copy). Are those instructions still valid? (config and make 
> world for example).
>
>
> 3.4 The Official Source
>
> If you've got the time to spare, you can build XFree86 4.5 from 
> source. You can find the source on your local XFree86 mirror in the 
> directory 4.5.0/source. Grab all seven XFree86-4.5.0-src-#.tgz 
> tarballs and extract them in the same directory. You can customize the 
> build by putting macro definitions in the file config/cf/host.def in 
> the XFree86 source tree. See config/cf/darwin.cf for some hints. 
> (Note: Only the macros that have an #ifndef check around them can be 
> overwritten in host.def.)
>
> When you're happy with your configuration, compile and install XFree86 
> with the following commands:
> make World
> sudo make install install.man
>
> Cheers,
> Michèle
> <http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>
>
>
>

They look still to be valid.


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