# Building XFree86

## David Dawes

2 June 1997

This document describes how to build XFree86 from the source distribution. It covers building from the full source distribution as well as from the cut-down source distribution available for building only the X servers. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the OS-specific README files.

### 1. Building XFree86 From a Source Distribution

  1.1. How to get the XFree86 3.3 source
  1.2. Configuring the source before building
  1.3. Building and installing the distribution

### 2. Reconfiguring the server (source distribution)

### 3. Reconfiguring the server (binary distribution)