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New on sourceware: XFree86
- From: "Harold Hunt" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- To: "cygxannounce" <cygwin-xfree-announce at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 15:29:47 -0400
- Subject: New on sourceware: XFree86
The XFree86 packages for Cygwin have been added to the Cygwin distribution:
XFree86-base
XFree86-bin
XFree86-doc
XFree86-etc
XFree86-f100
XFree86-fcyr
XFree86-fenc
XFree86-fnts
XFree86-fscl
XFree86-fsrv
XFree86-html
XFree86-jdoc
XFree86-lib
XFree86-man
XFree86-nest
XFree86-prog
XFree86-prt
XFree86-ps
XFree86-startup-scripts
XFree86-vfb
XFree86-xserv
>From the XFree86 home page (http://xfree86.org), "XFree86, the product,
provides a client/server interface between display hardware (the mouse,
keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment while also
providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized application
interface (API). XFree86 is platform-independent, network-transparent and
extensible."
--
Harold Hunt
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link
on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to
your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick
up 'XFree86-base' from the 'XFree86' category; you may additionally
choose other XFree86 packages, such as XFree86-fcyr for Cyrillic
fonts, etc. You may need to click the "Full" button if it doesn't
show up.
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need
to find a mirror which has this update.
In the US, ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
is a reliable high bandwidth connection.
In Japan, ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/gnu/gnu-win32/ is usually
up-to-date.
In DK, http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cygwin/ is usually up-to-date.
If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package
you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another
mirror.
Please send questions or comments to the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing list at:
cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com . If you want to subscribe go to:
http://cygwin.com/lists.html I would appreciate if you would use
this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes
ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin/XFree86 in general.
If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing
list is the appropriate place.