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From: paul@tvt-k (Paul Pries)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: XFREE 86 installation
Message-ID: <1992Nov23.071154.5098@tvt-k>
Date: 23 Nov 92 07:11:54 GMT
References: <1992Nov22.233347.2343@netcom.com>
Organization: >Televerket Utbildning, Utf
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adasal@netcom.com (Salvatore Collora) writes:

>Hi all.

>I got the sources for XFree 86, and I uncopressed it and detarred it
>in accordance with the readme file.  Everything went fine.

>When I went to run x386install   it gave me the following error:

>[:No match

The "[" is used in Bourne shell instead of the word "test".
Try running the X386install through a bash or sh, and make sure there is
a space on each side of the "[" and "]".

>No matter what I do I get this error.  Needless to say I am frustrated.
>It took forever to FTP 20 megs worth of stuff to have it not work.

>Any remedy would be appreciated...

>Salvatore Collora
>LMU Systems Integration
> 

Hope it helps.

Paul Pries
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