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| 2 | <title>Introduction to XFree86</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <screen>Download location (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-http;"/>
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| 5 | Download location (FTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-ftp;"/>
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| 6 | Version used: &xfree86-version;
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| 7 | Package size: &xfree86-size;
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| 8 | Estimated Disk space required: &xfree86-buildsize;
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| 9 | Estimated build time: 75m (667 MHz)</screen>
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| 10 |
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <para>XFree86 is a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the
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| 13 | X Window System. XFree86 provides a client/server interface between display
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| 14 | hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment
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| 15 | while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized
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| 16 | application interface (API).</para>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para><screen>XFree86 depends on:
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| 19 | <xref linkend="libpng"/></screen></para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <para>The following packages are included in the XFree86 package, however they
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| 22 | are updated more often than the XFree86 package and are highly recommended:
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| 23 | <screen><xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="fontconfig"/></screen>
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| 24 | </para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <note><para>If you choose to not install these separate packages, the
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| 27 | <filename>host.def</filename> file below will have to be modified to
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| 28 | instruct XFree86 build them.</para></note>
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| 29 |
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download location:
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| 32 | <screen>X430src-1.tgz 10736 KB
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| 33 | X430src-2.tgz 7776 KB
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| 34 | X430src-3.tgz 12077 KB
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| 35 | X430src-4.tgz 12604 KB
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| 36 | X430src-5.tgz 4286 KB
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| 37 | X430src-6.tgz 7886 KB
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| 38 | X430src-7.tgz 9099 KB</screen></para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>You should also download the patch file:
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| 41 | <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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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>The first three packages are the XFree86 programs, the fourth and fifth are fonts,
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| 44 | the sixth is normal documentation, and the seventh is hardcopy documentation.
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| 45 | There are also two packages <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, which
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| 46 | contain programs to regenerate hardcopy documentation, and
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| 47 | <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename>, which contain <filename>gnutar</filename>
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| 48 | and <filename>zlib</filename> which are already installed on an LFS system.
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>To check your downloads for integrity, download the <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename>
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| 52 | file. Then:
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| 53 | <screen>md5sum X430src* > md5sums &&
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| 54 | diff md5sums SUMS.md5sum</screen>
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| 55 | The only differences you should see are for <filename>README</filename>,
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| 56 | <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, and
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| 57 | <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename> files if you did
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| 58 | not download them.
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <para>The fixes subdirectory also has a SUMS.md5sum and this can be checked against
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| 62 | the patch file:
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| 63 | <screen>md5sum 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz</screen></para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para>After unpacking the <filename>X430src-?.tgz</filename> files, change to the
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| 66 | <filename>xc</filename> directory and run:
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| 67 | <screen>bunzip2 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz &&
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| 68 | patch -Np1 -i 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff</screen></para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | </sect2>
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