On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 04:43:52AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Moritz Schulte wrote: > > > Try http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/ > > I installed fine from here, however, when I tried to upgrade the fonts, > things got weird. At that point, I was unable to start X and lots of > dependency error. Eventually, I just downloaded the tgz's from > xfree86.org and everything worked like a charm. Since I am new to > Debian, my question is this: how badly have I gone and soiled the > "purity" of my system? Since I'm still unfamiliar with making my own
if you installed into /usr/local like your supposed to your fine, if you just overwrote random stuff in /usr your hosed. > debs, I have installed a new kernel and a couple other programs, and now > X. I would assume that when the stable X4.0.1 package is out I can > install that and that will fix things? Is there an easier way? Despite > the fact that I've "corrupted" my system, what else have I just done? > Chris if you installed into /usr/local and did not damage /etc/X11 much you should be fine by installing the real debs from woody. if you blew away package manager owned files you will have a broken system at worst or a bunch of cruft at best. never ever install anything yourself unless its in /usr/local/ -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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