Setting up xorg, the quick and dirty method (was "Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool")

Garrett Cooper yanegomi at gmail.com
Fri Dec 30 02:47:44 UTC 2011


On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> cd x11/xorg
>>> make config-recursive
>>> make install
>>> # An hour or so passes by on a fast machine
>>
>> This is the part I specifically want to avoid. No
>> one downloads a DVD to have to build X11 as a port.
>
> Try x11-minimal instead.

    That works too. I was just trying to provide a quick and dirty
method of installing everything from scratch. I'm sure there are more
suitable packages for achieving the same means to the end pfg@ is
seeking.
Thanks,
-Garrett


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