On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 09:32:32AM +0000, joerch wrote:
> > it is only necessary to have X installed if the packages you are installing 
> > require it.  for example, if you are installing samba or latex,  you do not 
> > need X.  if you are installing kde3, however, you need the X headers and 
> > libraries.
> 
> that is clear, but if you want to install things like kde, are there
> differences ?
> i do not really know, if not then the packages only need some X and then
> the libraries and headers are always the same.
> and that i can not believe.

No, the library and header between xfree 3.3.6 and xfree 4.x are not the
same. These packages have been compiled with xfree 4.2.0 libraries, so
you need to install xfree 4.2 to get them running.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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