Slack 9.0 and X

[Kurt Wall]

An unnamed Administration source, Collins Richey, wrote:
% On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:59:07 -0700
% Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:
% 
% > OK, it appears that Slack by default has installed the latest and
% > greatest xfree86-4.3.0-i386-2.  The version that I am using on gentoo
% > (it works) is xfree-4.2.1-r2.  I notice that XFree86-4.2.1.1 is
% > available in the Slack 9.0 pasture directory.  Several gentoo users
% > have commented that 4.3.0 isn't all that stable.  Note, I'm using the
% > built-in support (yeah, it's not that great) for my gforce2MX rather
% > than screwing around with the nvidia kernel support.
% > 
% > How do I go about overlaying xfree on my Slack system?  I was hoping
% > to find info in the howto, but I didn't.
% > 
% 
% OK, I did find on google:
% 
%    1.  Become root
%    2. cd to directory with package.tgz
%    3. Run installpkg package.tgz 

See also "upgradepkg foo.tgz". :-)

% Does this overlay a prior (and higher) installed version?  Do I need to
% remove the higher level package first?  

I'd recommend removing the higher level package first.

Kurt
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