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easier way to install
Authored by: hagbard on Jan 06, '03 04:33:42PM

I had a look at your faq, then at xdarwin's homepage etc, and I felt real dizzy with all the contradictory information that I found. And I was kinda scared to download version y of one thing then applying patch z which could conflict etc etc.

I finally found the easiest way to install xfree86 with xdarwin as a rootless mode, all in ONE (yes one) command ! (well there are some perequisites...)

in the terminal, type :
sudo apt-get install xfree86-rootless

that's it, it gets everything it needs, then you can type in the terminal:
startx -- -quartz
then switch to xdarwin app (or launch it directly...)

for those who don't have apt-get, download the latest version of fink (check macupdate.com for example).
once installed, do:
sudo apt-get update
(it will update itself)
then the install rootless line above.
as of today, it installed version :
XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1
and XDarwin 1.1.1.1

^_^



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