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Originally posted by bourbon36 View PostCan i just get a little help on how to install thease latest with 3d support " fglrx-installer_8.600.orig.tar.gz "drivers for ubuntu 9.04 , i have no problems if they were in .bin .run .deb form , im just not cluey on compiling my own etc , alittle step by step for dummies for me & other people who are having trouble would be great thanks.
How you'd go about it is (IF and ONLY IF it is a apt-source package):
1. tar -xvf *whatever*.orig.tar.gz
2. gunzip *whatever*.diff.gz
3. patch -p0 < *whatever*.diff (without the gz extension)
4. cd *whatever*
5. sudo apt-get build-dep *whatever* (in this case, fglrx-installer)
6. dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot *whatever* (in this case, fglrx-installer)
You'll arrive at built .deb packages that you install.
You will need a whole lot of other dependencies to be building deb packages (like dhmake).
Before you do any of the above steps, please provide info on where you got your package and furthermore, never, EVER forget to read the README file for more information. Hope that helps.
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Why in the world would you want to use fglrx 8.6 in Ubuntu 9.04?
And why would you want to compile and install it manually, anyway?
Catalyst 9.3 is in the repos, I think. Why not use that?
[edit] I just noticed that you seem to think that 8.6 is the "latest" driver package... why would you think that? It's from June of '08.
My mind is blown by this thread.
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I think the reference is to 8.60, which IIRC is the internal version number for the driver bundled with Ubuntu 9.04 (the Ubuntu driver is based on an early version of our April release), ie Catalyst 9.4 will probably have an internal version of 8.60something.Test signature
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Originally posted by bridgman View PostI think the reference is to 8.60, which IIRC is the internal version number for the driver bundled with Ubuntu 9.04 (the Ubuntu driver is based on an early version of our April release), ie Catalyst 9.4 will probably have an internal version of 8.60something.
Well, the question still stands... why would the OP want to manually compile this, if it's available in the repos for direct installation?
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