Of course since the .debs are apt-getable now would someone please explain to me the advantage of doing it by hand?
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 03 Nov 2000 10:16:59 -0800 >Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> if you installed into /usr/local like your supposed to your fine, if >> you just overwrote random stuff in /usr your hosed. > >X wants to go in /usr/X11R6, /etc/X11, and so on. What you want to >do is make a backup of all the relevant dirs before proceeding. On my >system, they are > >/etc/X11 >/usr/X11R6 >/var/catman/X11R6 >/usr/include/X11 >/usr/lib/X11 >/usr/share/lib/X11 > >Even if you didn't make a backup, I doubt that you've ruined your life >by installing the tarball. Some things may be broken in 4.0.1, but >that's about it. In the worst case you can always nuke the X >directories and reinstall the debs. > >Right now I have both X3.3.6 and X4.0.1 installed, the former via debs >and the latter via tarball. I switch between the two by symlinking to >the appropriate directories, as in > >ln -s /etc/X11-3.3.6 /etc/X11 > >I can't recommend this approach without reservations, >because I've only been using it for a few days and it may have broken >things (though I can't see why it would off-hand). > >Don't let debian run your life! >-chris > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
