xfree-lite

[Kurt Wall]

Scribbling feverishly on April 09, m.w.Chang managed to emit:
> You should give it a try if you don't like IE. But IE is too popular 
> among the kids to be removed from Win98 or be ignored anyway.

Thanks, I'll pass.

> Is it do-able after full/partial installation?
> To avoid missing some crucial modules,
> I always install all packages.

What, removing XFree86? Sure:

# rm -rf /usr/X11R6
# rm -rf /etc/X11

> Now i want to try building Xfree86 from scratch rather
> paying extra for an product upgrade. SO is there a
> dummy's guide for newbies to remove existing RPMs?

# rpm -qa | grep -E -i xfree86
pkg1
pkg2
pkg3
etc
# rpm -e pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 etc
 
> I read that it's dam easy to build a Xfree86 from scratch.

And slow...

> But shouldn't one first remove the old version BEFORE
> installing a new version?

Yes. It isn't always necessary.

Kurt
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