Xorg 7.3 install guide

[Xipeos]

1. why do you need to dload damageproto separately.

You need damageproto 1.1.0 to compile, but only 1.0.3 is provided in the 7.3 tree.

*EDIT: meh this is no longer true, sorry for the false information.

2. I have X116.8.2 installed in /usr/X11R6 and i want to use both interghangeably just for the reason that I may end up with some problem in 7.3.
i) Will running X11R7.3 change my system so that i cant revert back.
ii) How could i accomplish this.

Move /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11R6_old then create a link from 7.3 to R6:

mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6_old&&ln -s /usr/X11R7.3 /usr/X11R6

Some people intall X11 directly in /usr, but this way it's cleaner and much easier to up/downgrade.

When you want to go back, simply remove the link and rename X11R6_old to X11R6.

[TheIcebreaker]

See this.

Short version:
1. download everything from here
2. download damageproto 1.1 separately
3. download latest Mesa3D and unpack it somewhere near
4. download the build-from-tarballs.sh script
5. assuming you're installing to /usr/X11R7.3:
- export PATH=/usr/X11R7.3/bin:$PATH
- export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R7.3/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

6. ./build-from-tarballs.sh -m PATH_TO_MESA -n -bz2 -e /usr/X11R7.3

That's it.

EDIT: you may have to modify the script to suit your needs. I added -j8 to make, removed fonts, docs and all the drivers I didn't need.

Ok thanks but a couple of things still linger:-

1. why do you need to dload damageproto separately.
2. I have X116.8.2 installed in /usr/X11R6 and i want to use both interghangeably just for the reason that I may end up with some problem in 7.3.
i) Will running X11R7.3 change my system so that i cant revert back.
ii) How could i accomplish this.

[Xipeos]

See this.

Short version:
1. download everything from here
2. download damageproto 1.1 separately
3. download latest Mesa3D and unpack it somewhere near
4. download the build-from-tarballs.sh script
5. assuming you're installing to /usr/X11R7.3:
- export PATH=/usr/X11R7.3/bin:$PATH
- export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R7.3/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

6. ./build-from-tarballs.sh -m PATH_TO_MESA -n -bz2 -e /usr/X11R7.3

That's it.

EDIT: you may have to modify the script to suit your needs. I added -j8 to make, removed fonts, docs and all the drivers I didn't need.

[TheIcebreaker]

Have you considered just pointing your yum repos to one from say Fedora 7 and then selectively upgrading all X related packages?

are you sure that wont vreate any probs wht soever
can generaly packages created for fc7 be installed on another Fc (lower versions)

wont it have higher dependencies


moreover i wud really like to bbuild X and keep my original as well so that i can switch when necessary

[Michael]

Have you considered just pointing your yum repos to one from say Fedora 7 and then selectively upgrading all X related packages?

[TheIcebreaker]

Well folks now i think that since 7.3 is toooo new to install i will make do with 7.2

i have dloaded the tarballs
what do i do next.????

[TheIcebreaker]

CAn somebody who is successful post a brief guide to build Xorg 7.3.

I am facing problems dloading from git as i am behind a http proxy requiring authentication.

I am running FC4 Xorg 6.8.2 kernel 2.6.17 and have my reasons not to upgrade the distro.

Will 7.3 work with this.

Thanks any way