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Re: Installing XFSTT on HAMM



Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the insight everyone!
> 
> I take it that the slink version doesn't require any library changes to work (like
> some of the stuff post BO upgrade.  (I just upgraded last week so I have not
> figured everything - or much of anything - out yet :).

Yes, slink uses libc6 (aka glibc2), so if you've upgraded to hamm there
shouldn't be any problem

> I have always used the version of programs that are included in the current
> release.  Can I use dselect to load/install the slink version?  I think I saw
> something about dselect being replaced in slink...  Let me know if there is
> anything special I need to do to install it.  Without any alternate directions, I
> would use dselect to remove xfstt (hamm version) and them use dselect to find &
> load the slink version.

If you're only upgrading xfstt, it would be easier to just download the
relevant .deb from slink then install it directly using "dpkg -i
xfstt_<version>.deb".  If you want to use dselect, then you'll have to
point it to dists/unstable/* instead of dists/stable/*.  If you do so
then other packages aside from xfstt may also be upgraded, too.  Choose
carefully.

> [...]
> So bottom line is I should:1. Load the slink package.
> 2. Copy my .ttf files to the font directory/var/ttfonts

As Stephen Carpenter said, this has changed.  I've just upgraded, let's
see...you'll need to put them into /usr/share/fonts/truetype

> 3. Move the xfstt script below to my /etc/inet.d directory.

The package should take care of this for you, but check anyway

> 4. Edit my XF86Config file to include Fontpath "unix/:7101" ... Do I need to
> remove the other Font Stuff already in the file?

Put the new line in but don't change or remove anything else.

> I will give this a try tonight when I get home.  Please let me know if I need to
> do anything special I missed above.
> 
> Thanks for all of the help!
>
> [SNIP SCRIPT]

Good luck!

Noel
-- 
And if California slides into the ocean,
Like the mystics and statistics say it will.
I predict this motel will be standing,
Until I've paid my bill.
		-- Warren Zevon, "Desperados Under the Eaves"


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