On October 23, 2007 04:50:12 am Toni Mueller wrote: > > Hi, > > On Wed, 15.08.2007 at 01:20:49 +0200, Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 06:15:44PM -0500, Emilio Perea wrote: > > > I understand that (at least) xbase is necessary to build packages, but > > > assume it is not required to install pre-built ones. (No big deal if it > > > is, but thought to ask just in case.) > > You have to install at least part of xbase, namely, the shared libraries. > > while I'm in a hurry and trying to generate my own 4.2, I found out > that this is not easily possible: > > Building X11 from source (FAQ#5) requires tcl and tk to be installed. > but tk requires X11 to be installed before it can be built.
Not for 4.2.