# Installing X11 

**X.org**  or  **XFree86™**  may be installed on DragonFly. DragonFly doesn't force a default implementation, but recommends  **X.org** .  **X.org**  is the X server of the open source X Window System implementation released by the X.Org Foundation and is based on the code of  **XFree86 4.4RC2**  and !X11R6.6.  **X.org**  is currently available in the DragonFly pkgsrc framework.

To build and install  **X.org**  from the pkgsrc framework:



    

    # echo "X11_TYPE=modular" >> /etc/mk.conf


Now 5 different packages need to be built and installed:

    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/modular-xorg-server
    # bmake install clean
    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-drivers
    # bmake install clean
    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-fonts
    # bmake install clean
    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-libs
    # bmake install clean
    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-apps
    # bmake install clean



Alternatively, X11 can be installed directly from packages. Binary packages to use with [pkg_add(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pkg_add&section=1) tool are also available for X11. The following example assumes `PKG_PATH` has been set to the URL of an existing online binary pkgsrc archive.  A complete URL for a given package will also work as an argument. So to fetch and install the package of  **X.org** , assuming PKG_PATH is set as above, type:



    

    # pkg_add modular-xorg-server
    # pkg_add modular-xorg-drivers
    # pkg_add modular-xorg-libs
    # pkg_add modular-xorg-apps
    # pkg_add modular-xorg-fonts


**Note:** The examples above will install the complete X11 distribution including the server, drivers, fonts etc. Separate packages and ports of X11 are also available.