Installation Details for XFree86[tm] 4.2.0 : Downloading the XFree86 4.2.0 binaries
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2. Downloading the XFree86 4.2.0 binaries

We provide XFree86 4.2.0 binaries for a range of operating systems at our ftp site and our web site. Often during releases our site is heavily loaded. Instead of downloading directly from us we recommend that instead you use one of our mirror sites.

Our binaries are organized by sub-directories which correspond to each of the OS/platforms for which we provide binaries. First go to the sub-directory that represents your OS platform. In some cases (e.g., Linux) there may be a number of choices depending on the architecture or libc version your platform uses. In all case we recommend that you first download the Xinstall.sh script, and run it as in the following example to find out which binary distribution you should download.

sh Xinstall.sh -check

The output of this utility tells you which is the correct set of binaries for you to download. If you are careful with this step you will save yourself a lot time and trouble from NOT downloading an incompatible distribution.

NOTES:

Once you're run the Xinstall.sh script and found which binary distribution is suitable for your system, download the necessary files. The twelve (12) mandatory files for all installations are listed below. If you have not downloaded all of the files, the installer script will complain.

1.   Xinstall.sh    The installer script
2.   extract        The utility for extracting tarballs
3.   Xbin.tgz       X clients/utilities and run-time libraries
4.   Xlib.tgz       Some data files required at run-time
5.   Xman.tgz       Manual pages
6.   Xdoc.tgz       XFree86 documentation
7.   Xfnts.tgz      Base set of fonts
8.   Xfenc.tgz      Base set of font encoding data
9.   Xetc.tgz       Run-time configuration files
10.  Xvar.tgz       Run-time data
11.  Xxserv.tgz     XFree86 X server
12.  Xmod.tgz       XFree86 X server modules

NOTES:

The following eleven (11) tarballs are optional. You should download the ones you want to install.

1.   Xfsrv.tgz      Font server
2.   Xnest.tgz      Nested X server
3.   Xprog.tgz      X header files, config files and compile-time libs
4.   Xprt.tgz       X Print server
5.   Xvfb.tgz       Virtual framebuffer X server
6.   Xf100.tgz      100dpi fonts
7.   Xfcyr.tgz      Cyrillic fonts
8.   Xfscl.tgz      Scalable fonts (Speedo, Type1 and TrueType)
9.   Xhtml.tgz      HTML version of the documentation
10.  Xps.tgz        PostScript version of the documentation
11.  Xjdoc.tgz      Documentation in Japanese

NOTES:

If you miss some and want to install them later, go to the Manual Installation section.


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