Thanks, and sorry for that thread thing, it was not intentional :) On 6/5/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:41:29PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote: > > I used to compile Xorg and mplayer from cvs. For mplayer I generate > > the debian package and in the case of Xorg use make install. My > > question is: do I need to uninstall the previously installed mplayer > > or Xorg before installing the new one, or I can install the new ones > > over the old ones? > > > First. Please don't hijack a thread. Start a new one. > > Second, in the case of Debian package, no uninstallation is necessary. > In the case of Xorg, I am not sure (as I don't use it) but most from > source installs can be done over a previous version. You will need to > read the README, NEWS, and any other release notes with your source. > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sanchez > http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr > > >
