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later default of installing XFree86 4.X from packages (rather than a customized tarball, as was the case for prior releases using XFree86 3.X).
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Building XFree86</title>
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<title>Building <application>XFree86</application></title>
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<para>XFree86 is an important component for many desktop users.
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The easiest way to build XFree86 is to use the
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<para><application>XFree86</application> is an important component for many desktop users.
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Prior to FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, releases used XFree86
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3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> by default.
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The easiest way to build these versions is to use the
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<filename>src/release/scripts/X11/build_x.sh</filename> script.
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This script requires that XFree86 and Tcl/Tk already be
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installed on the build host. After compiling the necessary X
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<filename>XF86336</filename> directory of the installation
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media.</para>
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<para>Beginning with FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, &man.sysinstall.8;
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installs XFree86 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> by default, as a
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set of <quote>normal</quote> packages. These can either be the
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packages generated by the package-building cluster or packages
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built from an appropriately tagged ports tree.</para>
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<note><para>It is important to remove any site-specific settings
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from <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename>. For example, it would
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be unwise to distribute binaries that were built on a system
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