Xfree86 Question [Archive] - The macosxhints Forums

spragueg

01-21-2003, 03:07 PM

I downloaded Xfree86 4.2.0 from this url 'http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/xfree86.html'

Everyone on this board writes about version 4.2.3. Where can I find an updater to get up to 4.2.3?

sao

01-21-2003, 03:14 PM

spragueg,

Are you trying to install Apple X11 (includes XFree86)?

or you just want a XFree86 upgrade?

spragueg

01-21-2003, 03:15 PM

Apple X11 is crap. I cannot get it to compile anything. I tried all the suggestions listed here in the forums but none seem to work. fink won't recognize the Apple X11 install even with the SDK. So I'm going back to Xfree86 which worked fine in the past. However I cannot seem to find the most recent version.

sao

01-21-2003, 03:46 PM

If you have Fink installed you could install:

xfree86-base-4.2.1.1-4 or xfree86-rootless-4.2.1.1-4

Otherwise you could download XFree86 4.2.1.1 from here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xonx

spragueg

01-21-2003, 04:20 PM

Yeah, I just actually read the readme in the installer and got te updates from the xonx site.

Thanks,
Graham (Head In A$$) Sprague

wgscott

01-26-2003, 10:36 PM

To get fink and apple x11.app to play together, do the following:

fink selfupdate-cvs

fink install system-xfree86

That version will recognize Apple x11. Also as of today there is an additional fix for Apple x11 libraries on the fink home page.

sao

01-26-2003, 10:56 PM

wgscott wrote:
Also as of today there is an additional fix for Apple x11 libraries on the fink home page
The script was first posted by Ben Hines to the fink-devel list on 15 Jan 2003.

http://www.mail-archive.com/fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04170.html