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#1 2004-03-03 05:11:01

arm
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Registered: 2003-07-31
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how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

today i download xfree4.40 in the testing directory on archlinux ftp,
but when i use
  pacman -U xfree-4.40-1.pkg.tar.gz
it said confilct with ttf-bitstearm-vera and ask me to remove this package ,but whether i chioce yes or no ,the upgrade can't proceed.
  pacman -Uf xfree-4.40-1.pkg.tar.gz has the same error.
now the question is how to upgrade the xfree4.40?

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#2 2004-03-03 08:23:32

robot5x
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

According to apeiro's comments on the mailing list, you can safely do a
pacman -Sf
of this package.

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#3 2004-03-03 09:42:57

arm
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

but i have already download the file in my hard disk,
now what can i do to upgrade my xfree to 4.40

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#4 2004-03-03 11:57:34

d3c3it
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

pacman -Uf ?


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#5 2004-03-03 12:41:41

arm
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

oh , now i solved it ,
edit /var/lib/pacman/local/ttf-bitstream-vera/depends
remove required by xfree86
edit /var/lib/pacman/local/ttf-bitstream-vera/depends
remove depends ttf-bitstream-vera
now
pacman -R ttf-bitstream-vera
pacman -U xfree86-4.4.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
ok, startx now you in xfree86 4.4.0

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#6 2004-03-03 12:45:45

d3c3it
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

arm wrote:

oh , now i solved it ,
edit /var/lib/pacman/local/ttf-bitstream-vera/depends
remove required by xfree86
edit /var/lib/pacman/local/ttf-bitstream-vera/depends
remove depends ttf-bitstream-vera
now
pacman -R ttf-bitstream-vera
pacman -U xfree86-4.4.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
ok, startx now you in xfree86 4.4.0

any speed increase? new features?


"Covered in blood, Cant understand" - Biffy Clyro

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#7 2004-03-03 13:46:57

arm
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

don't see any speed improve ,but graphic like faster(my card is nv geforce),
but ,my gtk1 application font look strange (chinese font ),now i am found the problem..(
if you only use gtk2 application ,every thing is ok!

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#8 2004-03-03 16:46:06

apeiro
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

arm wrote:

oh , now i solved it ,
edit /var/lib/pacman/local/ttf-bitstream-vera/depends
remove required by xfree86
edit /var/lib/pacman/local/ttf-bitstream-vera/depends
remove depends ttf-bitstream-vera
now
pacman -R ttf-bitstream-vera
pacman -U xfree86-4.4.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
ok, startx now you in xfree86 4.4.0

Yea, that'll work.  Actually, 4.4 provides the bitstream vera fonts itself, so you don't even need the package installed.  You could just:

# pacman -Rd ttf-bitstream-vera
# pacman -Uf xfree86-4.4.0-1.pkg.tar.gz

arm: don't do that now though, cuz you've already overwritten the bitstream fonts.  If you --remove bitstream, you'll have to re-install the X package.

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#9 2004-03-04 10:48:06

arm
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Re: how to upgrade xfree4.40 in ftp/testing directory?

thanks, for the answer

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