Re: laptop needs Accel-X, how to best circumvent dependencies
on 4/5/00 5:31 PM, isetford@mindspring.com at isetford@mindspring.com wrote:
> I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100. I have installed Accelerated-X v5.03 to achieve
> an X-windows environment. I am having some difficulty keeping the XFree86
> packages at bay within dselect. I have loaded equivs but I can't accomplish
> what I want.
>
> I would like to be able to install the gtk1.2-dev and other various X/GTK
> related programs. The problem is that all of these have dependencies of
> xlib6g, xfree86-common, etc. and won't install. I have tried using "Q", "D"
> and "=" commands in dselect to no avail.
>
> Is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone else have an alternative
> X-server installed? How did you circumvent the dependencies?
>
> I don't want to start a flame war between Xfree86 and Accel-X or free software
> versus pay software. I would just like to have my laptop working efficiently.
>
You don't really need to worry about "keeping the XFree86 packages at bay".
Just install them and let dependencies get handled by dselect. All you need
to run Acc-X is to:
- make sure /etc/Xaccel.ini exists (run Xsetup)
- make sure /usr/bin/X11R6/Xaccel/ and /usr/lib/X11R6/Xaccel exist (from the
installation)
- make sure that the symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xaccel (you may have to reset this periodically as new XFree
packages are installed and overwrite it).
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Robb Aley Allan
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Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
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