Re: X11

On Jan 8, 2005, at 7:11 AM, David Walker wrote:

> Dear discuss,
>
> subsequent to my previous post (1/03/05), I have installed OD 7.2.1 on  
> my
> i386.
> I now want to install XFree86 and then AfterStep but have a few  
> problems.
>
> I looked through the list of available ports at OpenDarwin (
> http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/ports/?by=cat&substr=x11 ) to find  
> an X11
> but only found 2 versions of XFree86 available and a reference to the
> XFree86 website.
> I went there and was intending to get XFree86 from
> http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/binaries/ as this is the  
> latest 386
> binary for OD I found on their site.
> I noticed, however, that their are a couple of downloads available at
> http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/7.2.1/ that may appropriate.
> The filenames and links are:
> http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/7.2.1/X11-x86.tar.bz2
> http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/7.2.1/org.opendarwin.X11-7.2.1 
> -1.i386.rpm
> Can anyone tell me if these files are XFree86 or not? My guess is they  
> are
> not and that they are probably ports of x11 for OD and therefore won't  
> have
> twm.
> Can someone tell me if they are binaries? How would I tell? Which one  
> is
> appropriate for me to install?

Those are good downloads. You can also check this site [1] for some  
updated builds from X.org. You have the option of downloading a tarball  
with the binaries, the binary RPMs, or the source RPM and compiling it  
on your own.

cr

[1] : http://www.hazardous.org/fkr/od/