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## 1. Binary Distribution

The following files are provided in the binary distribution:

> README.SCO

>   This file.

> gunzip.Z

>   The GNU `uncompress` utility.

> *X312Xdoc.tgz

>   The XFree86 specific documentation.

> X312Mono.tgz

>   The Mono server

> X312VG16.tgz

>   The 16 colour VGA server

> X312SVGA.tgz

>   The Super VGA server

> X312S3.tgz

>   The S3 server

> X3128514.tgz

>   The 8514 server

> X312AGX.tgz

>   The AGX server

> X312Mc32.tgz

>   The Mach 32 server

> X312Mc64.tgz

>   The Mach 64 server

> X312Mc8.tgz

>   The Mach 8 server

> X312P9k.tgz

>   The P9000 server

> X312W32.tgz

>   The ET4000/W32 server

> *X312cfg.tgz

>   The local configuration files for `xdm/fs/xinit`.

> *X312bin.tgz

>   The `bin` directory, contains most executables.

> *X312lib.tgz

>   The shared and unshared libraries.

> *X312fnt1.tgz

>   `75dpi` and `misc` fonts.

> X312fnt2.tgz

>   `100dpi` and `Speedo` fonts.

> *X312inc.tgz

>   The X11 include files.

> X312man.tgz

>   The formatted man pages.

> X312lkit.tgz

>   The server link kit (all drivers + PEX).

> X312util.tgz

>   Lots of PD utilities provided as is.

> X312pex.tgz

>   All files relating to PEX including libraries and header files. The LinkKit is required to obtain servers capable of running PEX.

To obtain a minimum XFree86 installation you will require the archives marked with a `*' above, the server binary best suited to your machine and optionally "`gunzip.Z`". All the files are compressed with "`gzip`" except of course "`gunzip.Z`" which is compressed using the conventional `compress` program.

To install the XFree86 binaries just follow these steps.

1. Obtain the files you require.

   The rest of this procedure must be done as root. If you do not run the extraction as root the permissions on the files will not be correct. For example, the `X' server is s-bit root and will not function correctly if extracted as an ordinary user.

2. create a directory `/usr/X11R6`, permissions `755` should do nicely.
3. cd `/usr/X11R6`
4. extract the archives, for example:

                   gunzip < X312bin.tgz | tar xvpf -

5. if you have installed man pages see the later section on setting up man pages.
6. Look through `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/INSTALL`, especially section 2 on configuring and using XFree86. This should allow you to get a server up and running. Before starting the server check in the later section Before Running XFree86, in this document, to see if there are any system requirements you have to make for the server to operate correctly.

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