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Re: XFree86-3.2 problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Weible)
Fri Nov 22 16:35:57 1996
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 14:30:10 -0700 (MST)
From: Todd Weible <toddw@cyberhighway.net>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Kirill Shtengel wrote:
[snip]
> 2) (serious)
> XFree86-XF86Setup refuses to install because of the failed
> dependencies:
> libtcl.so is needed
> libtk.so is needed
> XFree-VGA16 is needed
>
> While I can download XFree-VGA16, I have no clue what to do about the
> first two - they don't seem to be a part of the standard package.
> But even XFree-VGA16 annoys me - to waste several MB of the disk space
> JUST FOR a SETUP?! (Otherwise I need XFree-SVGA for my card).
> After all there probably is a text-driven setup program like
> 'xf86Config' that does not need an additional X-server.
Just do --nodeps to skip the libtcl.so and libtk.so dependencies. Erik
commented earlier that the package had been built with the wrong
dependencies (in this case).
On everything else, no comment. Seems to be your choice, install VGA16 or
use xf86config.
Todd Weible
toddw@cyberhighway.net
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