Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: >> 2) This package (unfortunately) expects the X Window system to be installed >> in >> the /usr/X11R6 directory. If you're using a recent version of Xorg and it is >> installed in any other location, ensure you have followed the instructions >> in >> the Creating an X11R6 Compatibility Symlink section. >> >> Not reproducible here on the extracted LiveCD (Xorg in /usr, no >> compatibility >> symlink). And, isn't /usr the only de-facto supported Xorg prefix in the >> book >> anyway? > > No. I never put Qt in /usr. If you try to overwrite Qt while in KDE, > there is a great potential for problems. Using /opt allows a user to > have multiple versions installed simultaneously and easily switch back > an forth. This covers the situation where someone wants to update Qt > and/or KDE from within a KDE session. For a one time install, or the > situation where absolutely no mistakes are made, installing in /usr will > work, but in my opinion, is not a wise approach for LFS users. However, > you can use your rules for your own distro.
This is not an answer to my question. I don't object to installing Qt in /opt. I object to installing Xorg in a directory different from /usr, on the basis that the book's instructions don't work out of the box (require setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH). -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
