Hmmmm... I can't really help you now because I've never installed using
RPM's. :( I've always used the tar files. I'm sure someone else can tho.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francois Massonneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrade to XFree4.02
> Thank you Chris,
>
> Your advice is to download .tgz files, but I have already downloaded
> the XFree4.02 rpm source file. I've just finished to rebuild the
> files from the source file, and now I have the following files built :
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1274861 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10686424 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1101761 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622913 Jan 18 22:02
XFree86-Xnest-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1675192 Jan 18 22:02
XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 385112 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1967017 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-devel-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9273769 Jan 18 22:02
XFree86-doc-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622058 Jan 18 22:02
XFree86-glide-module-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2128405 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-libs-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6343726 Jan 18 22:02
XFree86-server-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1756340 Jan 18 22:01
XFree86-static-libs-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422201 Jan 18 22:02
XFree86-xfs-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm
>
> Is it enuf ??
> With my XFree3.3.6 install, I saw that I have the following files
> not created for Xfree4.02 :
> XFree86-XF86Setup
> XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
> XFree86-SVGA
> XFree86-VGA16
> XFree86-server-common
> Do I have to find them for this upgrade ?
> Do I need anything else ?
>
> Thank you. Francois
>
> -----------------------------
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > You need to go download the binaries for your system from
ftp.xfree86.org.
> > Here is a list of the minimum files you need:
> >
> > Xinstall.sh
> > extract
> > Xbin.tgz
> > Xlib.tgz
> > Xman.tgz
> > Xdoc.tgz
> > Xfnts.tgz
> > Xfenc.tgz
> > Xetc.tgz
> > Xvar.tgz
> > Xxserv.tgz
> > Xmod.tgz
> >
> > Just put them in the same directory and type "sh Xinstall.sh". It will
ask
> > you a couple of questions. I said no to the first question and left the
> > answers as default to the rest. Fairly easy to do. Good luck and I hope
this
> > helps!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Francois Massonneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:10 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] Upgrade to XFree4.02
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm running Mandrake 7.1 with XFree3.3.6 I guess (that's the one that
> > > comes with Mdke7.1)
> > > I would like to upgrade XFree4.02, so I downloaded a file named
> > > "XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.src.rpm"
> > > To rebuild it, I've got to upgrade 4 files (freetype... and VGlide
> > > ....). While I'm writting this message, I'm rebuilding this XFree
> > > source rpm file.
> > > Now the questions :
> > > - Do I need something else ?
> > > - How do I do to install this new XFree. ?
> > > - Do I have to uninstall XFree3.3.6 then install 4.02 ?
> > > All your help will be very appreciated, because I 'm really afraid
> > > about that upgrade.
> > > Thank you. Francois
>
>
