Xfree86 4.0.2 and Rh6.2

[Zulkefli]

Hi,
I am trying to upgrade the xfree version for my rh box. Went to xfree site and found that there so many different binaries available. Which one should I download? Glibc or Libc. Thanks.

[mjb0314]

Read the documentation at the site below, it will tell how to figure out which files you need to download and how to install them.
http://xfree86.org/4.0.2/Install.html

[Zulkefli]

Hi,
I've read the manual and found no clue for which binaries I should download. I've run the Xinstall script and the result indicate that my rh6.2 is installed with libc (6.1.3).
Does that mean that I've to download the libc binaries? Just worried that I screw up my system.

[mjb0314]

Here's an example of the output when I ran the Xinstall.sh -check command on my computer:


Checking which OS you're running...
uname reports 'Linux' version '2.2.17-21mdk', architecture 'i686'.
Object format is 'ELF'. libc version is '6.1.3' (6.1).

Binary distribution name is 'Linux-ix86-glibc21'


Notice at the end it says "Binary distribution name is 'Linux-ix86-glibc21'". That means in my case I would download the glibc2.1 version. The output should be the same on your computer. After you download the files the installation is pretty straight forward if you follow the documentation.

HTH
Good luck!
melissa

[The King Ant]

There are RedHat rawhide XFree 4.0.2 RPMs... It's really much better to just use those (easier too).

These should be fairly stable, since Redhat 7.1 is in beta:
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
That is usually pretty busy place, so you might have to keep trying. And using a real ftp client rather than a web browser is a good idea.

Also, to see which XFree86 RPMs you currently have installed: "rpm -qa | grep -i xfree"

[ 08 February 2001: Message edited by: The King Ant ]