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Installing Xorg 7.3 on ubuntu Feisty

Asked by gonzoga

Hey guys i want to install the latest version of Xorg 7.3 . All of it i managed to install core files but i want to do more then just that i want to install ALL of it.
any ideas are more then apricated. i tried making a script to install all of it but havin't tried it out. this script was from a tutorial i found so not 100% sure if any of the commands will work.

sudo emerge gentoolkit
sudo quickpkg xorg-x11
sudo emerge -Ca xorg-x11 virtual/x11
if [[ ! -L /usr/X11R6 ]]; \
    then equery belongs /usr/X11R6 > ~/usr-x11r6-packages \
    && rm -rf /usr/X11R6; fi
grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
emerge --verbose --pretend xorg-x11

sudo emerge xorg-x11
sudo apt-get etc-update
sudo apt-get revdep-rebuild
sudo [[ -e ~/usr-x11r6-packages ]] && emerge
(<~/usr-x11r6-packages)

also not sure if this script will download the latest xorg files i think with the etc-update one but not sure.

Thanks :D

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Gord Allott (gordallott) said : 		#1

generally installing something like the latest xorg is not something for the faint hearted and something that should be handled by the very capable guys who develop ubuntu. you might want to wait till the next version of ubuntu comes out which has full xorg 7.3 support. it comes out October 18th just so you know. :)

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#2

This script seems more like the gentoo way than the ubuntu way.

I've upgraded xorg and mesa and whole system soon has followed, because of dependencies. This is still not stable, everyday some new problem, like monitor out of sync, missing window borders (right now :), etc..

If you mean to upgrade your desktop, check the ubuntu-desktop metapackage (upgrading this would upgrade xorg, and take a look at the dependecies...). If'd like to give it a try, i would try adding gutsy main repository to your sources and selectively installing (note that you'll probably first need to update apt and bzip2 and such, certainly do it before adding the rest of repositories).

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