Installing x11

[pete wright]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:09:09 -0600 (CST), Nic Reveles
<selever at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After reading freeBSD's handbook on installing x11, I have some simple
> questions.
> 
> I'm running 5.2.1 and wish to get xorg running.
> 
Not sure if this possible in your situation but I would strongly
suggest running 5.3.  This is the currrent STABLE branch and has
numerous fixes that the 5.2 branch does not have.

> /usr/ports/x11/xorg does not exist.
> 

It should exist.  Before doing anything I would suggest running cvsup
to get your ports tree up to date.  A pkg_add -r cvsup should do the
trick.  An example config file for your ports tree should then be
located in:

/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile

> pkg_add -r xorg Just tells me that the file cannot be found.
> 

This should work as well.  You can also try:

pkg_add -r xorg-clients
pkg_add -r xorg-server


> I've tried to upgrade to a newer version that comes with x11, but
> everytime I chose Upgrade I can never find a passive FTP server that has
> 5.2.1/release available.
> 

Again, I strongly suggest running 5.3.

> >From my position, what is the easiest way to get xorg running (not
> XFree86)?
> 
Hope this helps,
     pete



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