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2.3. After either Full or Minimal Install above:

Add /usr/X11R6/bin to the default path for sh in /etc/profile and for csh in /etc/csh.login if they are not already there:

 # echo 'set path = ($path /usr/X11R6/bin)' >>/etc/csh.login
 # echo 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin' >>/etc/profile

Or make sure all who use X put /usr/X11R6/bin in their shell's ``path'' variable.

Next either reboot or invoke ldconfig as root to put the shared libraries in ld.so's cache:

 # ldconfig /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/X11R6/lib

If you had already configured X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc or X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/* omit the xinit-config or xdm-config archive or unpack it separately and merge in your customizations.

The fscl and f100 archives are optional and can be omitted if you are short on space. The optional link archive allows you to reconfigure and customize a X server binary. The optional prog archive is needed only for writing or compiling X applications. The optional pex archive contains pex clients and libraries for building 3D graphics applications.

NOTE: You don't need to uncompress the font files, but if you uncompress them anyway you must run mkfontdir in the corresponding font directory; otherwise your server will abort with the message ``could not open default font 'fixed'''.


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