Re: XFree 4.0.1
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> if you installed into /usr/local like your supposed to your fine, if
> you just overwrote random stuff in /usr your hosed.
X wants to go in /usr/X11R6, /etc/X11, and so on. What you want to
do is make a backup of all the relevant dirs before proceeding. On my
system, they are
/etc/X11
/usr/X11R6
/var/catman/X11R6
/usr/include/X11
/usr/lib/X11
/usr/share/lib/X11
Even if you didn't make a backup, I doubt that you've ruined your life
by installing the tarball. Some things may be broken in 4.0.1, but
that's about it. In the worst case you can always nuke the X
directories and reinstall the debs.
Right now I have both X3.3.6 and X4.0.1 installed, the former via debs
and the latter via tarball. I switch between the two by symlinking to
the appropriate directories, as in
ln -s /etc/X11-3.3.6 /etc/X11
I can't recommend this approach without reservations,
because I've only been using it for a few days and it may have broken
things (though I can't see why it would off-hand).
Don't let debian run your life!
-chris
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