Re: non xfree-related question about installing xfree4
The easiest way would be waiting for debian packages of xfree 4.0.1 ;)
But if you don't want to wait, you could make something like this:
- backup your current x-stuff (copy /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11R6.3 and
/etc/X11 to /etc/X11.3)
- install xfree 4.0.1 to /usr/X11R6.4 and /etc/X11.4
- make symlinks /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/X11R6.4 and /etc/X11 -> /etc/X11.4
- run ldconfig
- config x
Now before every upgrade you do:
- remove the symlinks
- make symlinks /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/X11R6.3 and /etc/X11 -> /etc/X11.3
- run ldconfig
After the upgrade, you put the symlinks back to pointing to the xfree 4.0
dirs and run ldconfig.
Ron Rademaker
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Richard P. Groenewegen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was thinking about installing xfree4.0.1 on my debian system, but
> then I started worrying about how it would interfere with the debian
> package management.
>
> For instance, say I just install XF4, overwriting all the older stuff
> that debian has put there. What will happen when debian thinks it
> should `upgrade' to a newer version? Will it overwrite my files? Or
> what if I would deselect xfree-common? Will I have problems with
> depencies? (Yes, probably!)
>
> So, what's the right way to persue this? As I said in the subject, I
> don't think this is xfree-related, it's just about installing a newer
> version of some debian package for which debian has lots of
> dependencies. (And making them live in harmony.)
>
> regards,
> Richard
>
>
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