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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Getting XFree86 for 2.2.1
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:12:23 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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klaus wrote:
> 
> I did a clean install of 2.2.1 last night and am now trying to get
> XFree86 using the get packages option in sysinstall. It comes up in

Don't get XFree86 as a package, get it as a Distribution (see the
relevant item in the configuration menu).  Be sure to select *Custom*
when you go through the distributions screen again.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.