I downloaded the sources, extracted, and when I did "make World" (per the BUILD instructions), I got errors. Anyone know 1.) how to fix the errors, or 2.) if there is a .tgz package out there already.

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www.stevehusted.com wrote:

> I downloaded the sources, extracted, and when I did "make World" (per the
> BUILD instructions), I got errors. Anyone know 1.) how to fix the errors,
> or 2.) if there is a .tgz package out there already.

I recommend not trying to build X.org on your own. It's not easy. If you'd
like, however, you can look over on slackware-current/source for the build
scripts that Patrick uses and try those.

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"www.stevehusted.com" <steve@mail.stevehusted.com> wrote:

> I downloaded the sources, extracted, and when I did "make World" (per the
BUILD instructions), I
> got errors. Anyone know 1.) how to fix the errors, or 2.) if there is a
..tgz package out there already.

Offtopic:

Please don't post in HTML, read the netetiquette on how to post messages in
newsgroups.

Ontopic:

Just wait for a package to arrive @ linuxpackages.net.

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Martijn

www.stevehusted.com wrote:

> I downloaded the sources, extracted, and when I did "make World" (per the
> BUILD instructions), I got errors. Anyone know 1.) how to fix the errors,
> or 2.) if there is a .tgz package out there already.
>

Try installing the 7th tar file as well as the first 3. It contains the
xc/docs/hardcopy directory. Also, cp xc/config/cf/linux.cf to
xc/config/cf/host.def.

This allowed a successful make World on my slack 10/2.6.7 install. Haven't
had the guts to run checkinstall yet though...

Tanner

We have the packages available in the LP archive they need to be
tested first before they get posted on the site. You will have to
jump on an LP mirror and dig around to find them in the 10.0 X11 area
if you wish to give them a try. They seem to be working ok but need
some more eyes on them just to be sure I only have two boxes to test
with.

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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 04:44:05 -0600, NeoSadist wrote:

> www.stevehusted.com wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the sources, extracted, and when I did "make World" (per the
>> BUILD instructions), I got errors. Anyone know 1.) how to fix the errors,
>> or 2.) if there is a .tgz package out there already.
>
> I recommend not trying to build X.org on your own. It's not easy. If you'd
> like, however, you can look over on slackware-current/source for the build
> scripts that Patrick uses and try those.

That's what I'm doing at this moment, but a note: the packages that you
download from X.org are tar.gz packages, and the build script expects
tar.bz2 - this took me a couple of tries and a bit of head-scratching to
figure out.

Overall, it's nice eye-candy and gets rid of a bit of the annoying lag
that you used to get when dragging one window over the other.

On 2004-09-10, NeoSadist <neosad1st@charter.net> wrote:
> www.stevehusted.com wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the sources, extracted, and when I did "make World" (per the
>> BUILD instructions), I got errors. Anyone know 1.) how to fix the errors,
>> or 2.) if there is a .tgz package out there already.
>
> I recommend not trying to build X.org on your own. It's not easy. If you'd
> like, however, you can look over on slackware-current/source for the build
> scripts that Patrick uses and try those.
>

http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.8.0/doc/BUILD.html
Very easy to build it.

/Jens
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