Re: installing X by non-super user ?

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Brian Lee wrote:
> Is it possible to install X (X server and simple X window manager)
> by non-super user? (on RH)

Not really.  You need to be able to write to certain system
directories that only bin and/or root can write to.  In general,
software installation must be done by the root user.
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