Subject: Re: X11 via pkgsrc?
To: Andreas Yankopolus <andreas@yank.to>
From: Pierre-Philipp Braun <ppwb@club-internet.fr>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 12/16/2003 13:02:29
Hi,
Quoting Andreas Yankopolus (Dec 15, 2003 10:20 -0500),
> In the past, I've found VNC an excellent tool for managing headless
> machines. The problem is, I cannot seem to find a way to install the
> X11 dependencies on my Qube via pkgsrc, and pkgsrc doesn't offer any
> helpful suggestions:
>
> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/net/vnc
> # make
> ===> vnc-3.3.3.2nb1 uses X11, but /usr/X11R6 not found
>
> I've been digging through mailing lists and reading documentation in an
> attempt to locate some sort of X11 base files. The closest thing I've
> found are NetBSD 1.6 binaries for xbase.tgz, xcomp.tgz, etc, but
> they're over a year old. Any suggestions, or am I stuck with a 15 month
> old X11?
You can install 4.3.0 binaries from ftp.xfree86.org (or mirror),
/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/binaries/NetBSD-1.6
It's fast and easy using the Xinstall.sh script.
--
Pierre-Philipp