source: x/installing/x7app.xml@ 5e8be1c

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY x7apps-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/">
  <!ENTITY x7apps-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY x7apps-md5sum        "http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/files/md5sums">
  <!ENTITY x7apps-size          "9.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY x7apps-buildsize     "30.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY x7apps-time          "2.9 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="xorg7-app" xreflabel="Xorg Applications">
  <?dbhtml filename="x7app.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy: dj $</othername>
    <date>$Date: 2006-04-15 23:04:51 -0500 (Sat, 15 Apr 2006) $</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Xorg Applications</title>

  <indexterm zone="xorg7-app">
    <primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg-&xorg7-version; Applications</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Xorg Applications</title>

    <para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
    expected applications available in previous X Window
    implementations.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7apps-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7apps-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7apps-md5sum;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &x7apps-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7apps-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &x7apps-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <!-- Following four patches are security related and should be
        fixed for Xorg-7.2 -->
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/xdm-1.0.4-setuid-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/xf86dga-1.0.1-setuid-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/xinit-1.0.2-setuid-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/xload-1.0.1-setuid-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Applications Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="xbitmaps"/>,
    <xref linkend="libpng"/>, and <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="mesalib"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Applications'/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2>
    <title>Downloading Xorg Applications</title>

    <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
    use the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>wget http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/wget/app-7.1.wget &amp;&amp;
mkdir app &amp;&amp;
cd app &amp;&amp;
wget -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/ -i ../app-7.1.wget</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>

    <para>A <ulink url='http://wiki.x.org/wiki/SecurityPage'>security
    vulnerability</ulink> has been identified in the xdm, xf86dga, xinit
    and xload packages. Before building these packages with the commands
    shown below, be sure to apply the supplied patches. For xdm, this can be
    accomplished with with the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xdm-1.0.4-setuid-1.patch</userinput></screen>

    <para>For xf86dga, the patch can be applied with the following
    command:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xf86dga-1.0.1-setuid-1.patch</userinput></screen>

    <para>For xinit, the patch can be applied with the following
    command:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xinit-1.0.2-setuid-1.patch</userinput></screen>

    <para>For xload, the patch can be applied with the following
    command:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xload-1.0.1-setuid-1.patch</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
    chosen package:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>These packages do not provide test suites.</para>

    <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
    user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

</sect1>