Installation Details for XFree86[tm] 4.4.0
: Downloading the XFree86 4.4.0 binaries
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2. Downloading the XFree86 4.4.0 binaries
We provide XFree86 4.4.0 binaries for a range
of operating systems at our ftp site
and our web site.
Often during releases our site is heavily loaded. Instead of downloading
directly from us we recommend that instead you use one of our mirror
sites.
Our binaries are organized by sub-directories which correspond to each
of the OS/platforms for which we provide binaries. First go to the
sub-directory that represents your OS platform. In some cases (e.g.,
Linux) there may be a number of choices depending on the architecture
or libc version your platform uses. In all case we recommend that you
first download the Xinstall.sh script, and run it as in the
following example to find out which binary distribution you should
download.
sh Xinstall.sh -check
The output of this utility tells you which is the correct set of binaries
for you to download. If you are careful with this step you will save
yourself a lot time and trouble from NOT downloading an incompatible
distribution.
NOTES:
- The Xinstall.sh script must be downloaded in binary mode,
otherwise it will not run correctly. If you get lots of "command
not found" messages when you try to run it, then it is most
likely because the script was not downloaded in binary mode.
Some web browsers will not do this for files of that name, so we
also have a copy of it called "
Xinstall.bin", and most
browsers should download that correctly. When downloading it
under this name, select "save as" on your browser, and save the
file under the name "Xinstall.sh".
- The Xinstall.sh script requires some system commands and
utilities to function correctly. While most systems will have
these, some Linux installations may not. If the
script fails because of some missing system command, you
need to install it before you can continue. If you do not
know how to do this, then we recommend that you obtain this
version of XFree86 from your Operating System distributor.
- Always use the version of the Xinstall.sh script that is provided
with the release. Older versions of the script
may not install newer releases correctly.
- If the binary distribution reported by the Xinstall.sh script
is not present on the XFree86 site, then there are two possibilities:
first is that it has not uploaded yet. This is likeliest
possibility if you are looking shortly after the release date.
The second possibility is that your target will not be be
available at for this release. This is likeliest possibility
if you are looking about two weeks after the release date.
Check here for
information about updates to our binary distributions, and here
for errata related to this release.
Assuming that you have run the Xinstall.sh script and found the binary
distribution suitable for your system,
download the necessary files. The twelve (12) mandatory files for all installations are listed
below. The installer script will complain if you do not have all four (4)
files in the same directory.
1. Xinstall.sh The installer script
2. extract The utility for extracting tarballs
3. Xbin.tgz X clients/utilities and run-time libraries
4. Xlib.tgz Some data files required at run-time
5. Xman.tgz Manual pages
6. Xdoc.tgz XFree86 documentation
7. Xfnts.tgz Base set of fonts
8. Xfenc.tgz Base set of font encoding data
9. Xetc.tgz Run-time configuration files
10. Xvar.tgz Run-time data
11. Xxserv.tgz XFree86 X server
12. Xmod.tgz XFree86 X server modules
NOTES:
- Some web browsers have a problem downloading the
extract
utility correctly. If you encounter this problem, download the
version called extract.exe. (NOTE: This is not a
MS-DOS/Windows executable.)
- Some distributions do not require the
Xvar.tgz
tarball. If it is present in the binaries sub-directory
for your platform, then it is required.
- The Darwin/Mac OS X distribution do not have or require the
Xmod.tgz tarball.
- Some distributions may have additional mandatory tarballs.
While rare, the installer script will tell you if any are missing.
The following eleven (11) tarballs are optional. You should download
the ones you want to install.
1. Xdrm.tgz Source for DRM kernel modules
2. Xfsrv.tgz Font server
3. Xnest.tgz Nested X server
4. Xprog.tgz X header files, config files and compile-time libs
5. Xprt.tgz X Print server
6. Xvfb.tgz Virtual framebuffer X server
7. Xf100.tgz 100dpi fonts
8. Xfcyr.tgz Cyrillic fonts
9. Xfscl.tgz Scalable fonts (Speedo, Type1 and TrueType)
10. Xhtml.tgz HTML version of the documentation
11. Xps.tgz PostScript version of the documentation
12. Xpdf.tgz PDF version of the documentation
13. Xjdoc.tgz Documentation in Japanese
NOTES:
- Some distributions may have some additional optional tarballs.
If you miss some and want to install them later, go to the
Manual Installation section.
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