| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Introduction to <application>XFree86</application></title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para><application>XFree86</application> is a freely redistributable open-source
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| 5 | implementation of the
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| 6 | <application>X</application> Window System. <application>XFree86</application> provides a client/server
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| 7 | interface between display
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| 8 | hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment
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| 9 | while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized
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| 10 | application interface (<acronym>API</acronym>).</para>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 13 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 14 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 15 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 16 | <listitem><para>Download size: &xfree86-size;</para></listitem>
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| 17 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &xfree86-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 18 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &xfree86-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 19 | </sect3>
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| 20 |
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect3><title><application>XFree86</application> dependencies</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 25 | <para><xref linkend="libpng"/>.</para>
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| 26 | </sect4>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect4><title>Recommended</title>
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| 29 | <para>The following packages are included in the <application>XFree86</application> package,
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| 30 | however they
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| 31 | are updated more often than the <application>XFree86</application> package and are highly recommended:
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| 32 | <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="fontconfig"/></para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <note><para>If you choose to not install these separate packages, the
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| 35 | <filename>host.def</filename> file below will have to be modified to
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| 36 | instruct <application>XFree86</application> build them.</para></note>
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| 37 | </sect4>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | </sect3>
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| 40 |
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect3><title>Download Instructions</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download location:</para>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 46 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-1.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-2.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-3.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-4.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-5.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-6.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem><para><filename>X430src-7.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 53 | </itemizedlist>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <para>You should also download the patch file:
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| 56 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/fixes/4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz" /></para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para>The first three packages are the <application>XFree86</application> programs,
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| 59 | the fourth and fifth are fonts,
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| 60 | the sixth is normal documentation, and the seventh is hardcopy documentation.
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| 61 | There are also two packages <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, which
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| 62 | contain programs to regenerate hardcopy documentation, and
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| 63 | <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename>, which contain
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| 64 | <application><acronym>GNU</acronym> <acronym>TAR</acronym></application>
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| 65 | and <application>zlib</application> which are already installed on an
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| 66 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> system.
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>To check your downloads for integrity, download the <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename>
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| 70 | file. Then:
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| 71 | <screen><userinput><command>md5sum X430src* > md5sums &&
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| 72 | diff md5sums SUMS.md5sum</command></userinput></screen>
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| 73 | The only differences you should see are for <filename>README</filename>,
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| 74 | <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, and
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| 75 | <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename> files if you did
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| 76 | not download them.
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para>The fixes subdirectory also has a <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename> and this can be checked against
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| 80 | the patch file:</para>
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| 81 | <screen><filename>md5sum 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz</filename></screen>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para>After unpacking the <filename>X430src-?.tgz</filename> files, change to the
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| 84 | <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory and run:
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| 85 | <screen><userinput><command>gunzip 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz &&
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| 86 | patch -Np1 -i 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff</command></userinput></screen></para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | </sect3>
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| 89 | </sect2>
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