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2.1. Full Install

  1. You must be logged in as root to unpack the archives because several executables are set-user-id. Otherwise the server may abort if you unpack it as an ordinary user.
  2. If you have about 80Mb free in the /usr partition create a directory /usr/X11R6 and skip to no. 3. Otherwise, create a directory on another partition and sym link it into /usr:
     # cd /usr/local
     # mkdir X11R6
     # ln -s /usr/local/X11R6 /usr/X11R6
    
  3. Unpack everything: If you are using bash:
     # cd /usr/X11R6
     # for i in X33*.tgz; do
     #   gnutar -xzpPf $i
     # done
    
    Else, if you are using csh:
     % cd /usr/X11R6
     % foreach i (X33*.tgz)
     %   gnutar -xzpPf $i
     % end
    
  4. Create a symbolic link ``X'' that points to the server that matches your video card. The XF86_* man pages list which vga chip sets are supported by each server. For example, if you have an ET4000 based card you will use the XF86_SVGA server:
     # cd /usr/X11R6/bin; rm -f X; ln -s XF86_SVGA X
    


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