I configure with an option of "prefix=/opt" so that it doesn't intefere with other binaries that the debian system uses. Debian has everything compiled and installed for /usr. An alternative to /opt is /usr/local but I don't like it as it lives under /usr.
Brendan Simon. Jonathan Belson wrote: > >Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > >> No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev). You might > >> get a better accelerated server with 4.0, which we're still working on > >> packaging. > > > >I just get the XFree86 source from one of the mirrors and compile/install it. > >It > >works straight out of the box. > >Some debs would be great but the source compile is so simple that I'm happy > >with > >that. > > Yeah, I did consider doing that. Does it confuse the package registration > though? > > -- > C-YA > Jon > > <http://www.dookie.demon.co.uk>
