Re: Installing X to Debian for a Newbie
You don't actually have an a.out system do you? Which version of Debian
are you running? It's bound to be an elf system since you call yourself a
newbie and a.out went obsolete years ago. So, anyway, you ought to be
installing .deb packages from a debian mirror rather than source code from
x.org. There's a whole directory of X-related packages called 'x11'.
You'll definitely want xbase. If you are installing from a CD, X is
probably on it. How did you install Debian? Have you used .deb packages?
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Robert Aisenberg wrote:
> I am trying to install X with great difficulty. I downloaded X from
> XFree86 and ran the setup script preinst.sh. It said that I had an A.out
> system and that my a.out binaries where not available for that release.
> What should I do.
>
> Thanks in advance
> - James
>
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Richard Hall
Network Services
University of Tennessee
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