README for XFree86 3.3.2 on LynxOS : Installing the Binaries
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2. Installing the Binaries

The binary distribution is composed of a number of tar archives which are the executables, servers, fonts, libraries, include files, man pages, config files, and the server link kit. The full distribution takes over 95MB of disk space.

At minimum you need to unpack the 'required' X332*.tgz archives plus at least one server that matches your vga card. If you will be using the new XF86Setup utility you will also need the VGA16 server. You'll need about 40Mb for the minimum required run-time binaries only.

REQUIRED:

preinst.sh

Pre-installation script

postinst.sh

Post-installation script

extract

XFree86 extraction utility

X332bin

Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files

X332doc

Documentation

X332cfg

sample config files for xinit, xdm

X332fnts

75dpi and misc fonts

X332lib

Data files required at run-time

X332set

XF86Setup utility

X332VG16

16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)

The following are required for an upgrade from XFree86 3.3.1:

UPDATE from 3.3.1:

preinst.sh

Pre-installation script

postinst.sh

Post-installation script

extract

XFree86 extraction utility

X332upd.tgz

Changes since 3.3.1 (except the servers)

X332doc.tgz

Documentation

X332set.tgz

XF86Setup utility

X332VG16.tgz

16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)

Choose at least one of the following server to match your hardware:

X3328514

8514/A server

X332AGX

AGX server

X332I128

I128 server

X332Ma64

Mach 64 server

X332Ma32

Mach 32 server

X332Ma8

Mach 8 server

X332Mono

Monochrome server

X332P9K

P9000 server

X332S3

S3 server

X332S3V

old S3 ViRGE server (please use SVGA server)

X332SVGA

SVGA server

X332VG16

16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)

X332W32

ET4000W32, ET6000 server

OPTIONAL:

X332f100

100dpi fonts

X332fcyr

Cyrillic fonts

X332fnon

Other fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew)

X332fscl

Scalable fonts (Speedo and Type1)

X332fsrv

Font server and config files

X332prog

X header files, config files and compile-time libs

X332man

Manual pages

X332nest

Nested X server

X332prt

X Print server

X332vfb

Virtual frame buffer X server

X332lkit

The X server LinkKit

X332ps

PostScript version of the documentation

X332html

HTML version of the documentation

X332jdoc

Documentation in Japanese

X332jhtm

HTML version of the documentation in Japanese

If this is your first time, then you can safely install all of the packages. As a minimal install, you'll need doc, bin, fonts lib, config, and one X server. If you already have a version of XFree86 installed, MAKE A BACKUP OF /usr/X11R6 BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. The standard installation procedure will overwrite your existing version of XFree86. Also, be sure to read the Release Notes Release Notes before installing.

If you plan to install XF86Setup you'll have to install X332prog as well since XF86Setup checks for the existence of a certain file name pattern which is satisfied only if you install the library files from X332prog. This restriction will be fixed in future XFree86 releases for LynxOS.

It may be necessary to increase the process stack limit in order to run XFree86 on your system. Edit /etc/startab and reboot your system to make the changes active before you begin the installation.

Also, be sure to include /usr/X11R6/bin in your PATH environment variable.

2.1. Full Install

2.2. Minimal Install

2.3. After either Full or Minimal Install above


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