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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Installing XFree86

Xfree86 can be installed from the Red Hat CD-ROM using the RPM tool. The release is located in the /RedHat/SRPMS directory and is approximately 35MB. Installation from the CD-ROM or a hard drive is the only practical approach.
If you are downloading XFree from the Internet, the major files needed are listed in Table. . Some distribution files for XFree86 available for FTP.

Filename | Description
X3128514.tgz | Server for 8514-based boards.
X312AGX.tgz | Server for AGX-based boards.
X312Ma32.tgz | Server for Mach32-based boards.
X312Ma8.tgz | Server for Mach8-based boards.
X312Mono.tgz | Server for monochrome video modes.
X312P9K.tgz | Server for P9000-based boards.
X312S3.tar.gz | Server for S3-based boards.
X312SVGA.tgz | Server for Super VGA-based boards.
X312VGA.tgz | Server for VGA/EGA-based boards.
X312W32.tgz | Server for ET4000/W32-based boards.
X312bin.tgz | The rest of the X11R6 binaries.
X312cfg.tgz | Config files for xdm, xinit, and fs.
X312doc.tgz | Documentation and manpages.
X312inc.tgz | Include files.
X312lib.tgz | Shared X libraries and support files.
X312fnt.tgz | Basic fonts.
X312ctrb.tgz | Selected contrib programs.
X312xtra.tgz | Extra XFree86 servers and binaries.
X312lkit.tgz | Server linkkit for customization.
X312fnt75.tgz | 75-dpi screen fonts.
X312fnt100.tgz | 100-dpi screen fonts.
X312fbig.tgz | Large Kanji and other fonts.
X312fscl.tgz | Scaled fonts (Speedo, Type1).
X312man.tgz | Manual pages.
X312pex.tgz | PEX binaries, includes, and libraries.
X312slib.tgz | Static X libraries and support files.

You can find the most recent versions on most Linux sites. You can find the C library (libc) and the dynamic loader (ld.so) in the GCC directory on the same Linux sites.

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