1. Binary Distribution

The following files are provided in the binary distribution:

README.SCO

This file.

gunzip.Z

The GNU uncompress utility.

*X312Xdoc.tgz

The XFree86 specific documentation.

X312Mono.tgz

The Mono server

X312VG16.tgz

The 16 colour VGA server

X312SVGA.tgz

The Super VGA server

X312S3.tgz

The S3 server

X3128514.tgz

The 8514 server

X312AGX.tgz

The AGX server

X312Mc32.tgz

The Mach 32 server

X312Mc64.tgz

The Mach 64 server

X312Mc8.tgz

The Mach 8 server

X312P9k.tgz

The P9000 server

X312W32.tgz

The ET4000/W32 server

*X312cfg.tgz

The local configuration files for xdm/fs/xinit.

*X312bin.tgz

The bin directory, contains most executables.

*X312lib.tgz

The shared and unshared libraries.

*X312fnt1.tgz

75dpi and misc fonts.

X312fnt2.tgz

100dpi and Speedo fonts.

*X312inc.tgz

The X11 include files.

X312man.tgz

The formatted man pages.

X312lkit.tgz

The server link kit (all drivers + PEX).

X312util.tgz

Lots of PD utilities provided as is.

X312pex.tgz

All files relating to PEX including libraries and header files. The LinkKit is required to obtain servers capable of running PEX.

To obtain a minimum XFree86 installation you will require the archives marked with a `*' above, the server binary best suited to your machine and optionally "gunzip.Z". All the files are compressed with "gzip" except of course "gunzip.Z" which is compressed using the conventional compress program.

To install the XFree86 binaries just follow these steps.

1. Obtain the files you require.

   The rest of this procedure must be done as root. If you do not run the extraction as root the permissions on the files will not be correct. For example, the `X' server is s-bit root and will not function correctly if extracted as an ordinary user.

2. create a directory /usr/X11R6, permissions 755 should do nicely.
3. cd /usr/X11R6
4. extract the archives, for example:

               gunzip < X312bin.tgz | tar xvpf -
   

5. if you have installed man pages see the later section on setting up man pages.
6. Look through /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/INSTALL, especially section 2 on configuring and using XFree86. This should allow you to get a server up and running. Before starting the server check in the later section Before Running XFree86, in this document, to see if there are any system requirements you have to make for the server to operate correctly.