Re: [Q] .debs for X servers?
I configure with an option of "prefix=/opt" so that it doesn't intefere with other
binaries that the debian system uses. Debian has everything compiled and
installed for /usr. An alternative to /opt is /usr/local but I don't like it as
it lives under /usr.
Brendan Simon.
Jonathan Belson wrote:
> >Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> >> No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev). You might
> >> get a better accelerated server with 4.0, which we're still working on
> >> packaging.
> >
> >I just get the XFree86 source from one of the mirrors and compile/install it.
> >It
> >works straight out of the box.
> >Some debs would be great but the source compile is so simple that I'm happy
> >with
> >that.
>
> Yeah, I did consider doing that. Does it confuse the package registration
> though?
>
> --
> C-YA
> Jon
>
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