Install XOrg7

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XOrg7 is installing default in /usr. So not in /usr/X11R6 or anything like that. This follows new standards set by the [http://www.pathname.com/fhs Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]. If you browse around on the internet you will see that all major linux distro's have followed this standard. [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00010.html Debian], [http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg7 Arch Linux], [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Modular_Xorg Gentoo]
 
XOrg7 is installing default in /usr. So not in /usr/X11R6 or anything like that. This follows new standards set by the [http://www.pathname.com/fhs Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]. If you browse around on the internet you will see that all major linux distro's have followed this standard. [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00010.html Debian], [http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg7 Arch Linux], [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Modular_Xorg Gentoo]
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If you wish to do this different (which is of course completely on your own account... i.e. we do not support such actions) you can create a /etc/profile.d/x11r7 file.
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with <code>export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R7/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH</code> inside.

Revision as of 17:44, 22 May 2006

Contents

The path to XOrg7

upgrading from XOrg

Currently the XOrg7 module is not doing this for you. You need to do some things manually

  • Remove the old XOrg:
lrm XOrg
  • Backup the old /etc/X11 (with your old xorg.conf):
mv /etc/X11 ~/
  • Remove the old XOrg installation path:
rm -fr /usr/X11R6
  • Remove some old symlinks:
    • rm /usr/X11
    • rm /usr/include/X11
    • rm /usr/lib/X11
    • rm /usr/include/GL

installing X11R7

is now as simple as:
lin XOrg7

notes

XOrg7 is installing default in /usr. So not in /usr/X11R6 or anything like that. This follows new standards set by the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. If you browse around on the internet you will see that all major linux distro's have followed this standard. Debian, Arch Linux, Gentoo

If you wish to do this different (which is of course completely on your own account... i.e. we do not support such actions) you can create a /etc/profile.d/x11r7 file. with export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R7/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH inside.

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