On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:41:29PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote: > I used to compile Xorg and mplayer from cvs. For mplayer I generate > the debian package and in the case of Xorg use make install. My > question is: do I need to uninstall the previously installed mplayer > or Xorg before installing the new one, or I can install the new ones > over the old ones? > First. Please don't hijack a thread. Start a new one. Second, in the case of Debian package, no uninstallation is necessary. In the case of Xorg, I am not sure (as I don't use it) but most from source installs can be done over a previous version. You will need to read the README, NEWS, and any other release notes with your source. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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