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I wanted to install x.org on my linux system but I don't know what packages I need to install it. I went to http://www.x.org but there were many tarballs there. What are the dependencies and what packages I need to build a minimal X server on my machine.
And is there some reason you want to install Xorg outside of the Arch packaging system?
Maybe he just doesn't know how to use it (and I don't either!).
Perhaps it would be helpful to post him a link to a Howto.
I remember my first linux distro - Mandrake-something. At first I thought I had to compile everything from source "because that 's the way linux did it". Being pointed at Mandrake's urpmi package manager was a REVELATION!
... And I never looked back. Though I have switched distros
Well I linked you to the howto on building modular Xorg. However, if you can download and transfer the source code to this machine running Arch, certainly you can download the Arch Xorg packages and install them, right? You might want to ask the Arch folks about that.
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