Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
- Subject: Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:19:03 -0800
On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:27, Jamie Kennea wrote:
>
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 3:19 PM, ~suv wrote:
>
>> AFAIU the recommendation on 'GIMP on OS X' to fix a broken X11 and
>> Xquartz installation was to remove Xquartz and reinstall Apple's X11
>> using either a Combo Update or from the Mac OS X installation DVD, or to
>> ask here how to fully restore Apple's X11.
>
> OK, but I believe that recommendation became obsolete when Snow Leopard came out, as Xquartz for SL and Lion installs in a /opt and not /usr. So, good advice (perhaps) for Leopard users, but not Snow Leopard.
And even then, the advice for Leopard users should be, "Go install XQuratz-2.6.3" rather than telling them to delete a bunch of stuff, install off of their DVD, and run a combo update... _______________________________________________
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