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Comment: the "Install XWindows (X11)" section is kind of out-of-date; add some updated information to it
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  1. Insert the "Mac OS X Install Disk 1" and run the package named "Optional Installs".
  2. At the software selection window expand the Applications categoty and click the checkbox beside X11 (and nothing else).
  3. Click Install to install X11.
- 4. Drag the /Applications/Utilities/X11 icon to your dock —you must open X11 before launching an X11 application. (This is not necessary on Leopard, as X11 will be launched automatically when needed.)
+ 4. Drag the /Applications/Utilities/X11 icon to your dock — you must open X11 manually before launching an X11 application. (This is not necessary on Leopard and later, as X11 will be launched automatically when needed.)
 
 '''Notes:'''
  * XWindows (X11) is required for many MacPorts apps and it is highly recommended that you install it even if you don't plan to run X11 apps immediately.
  * The X11SDK is also required to run X11 software, but it is installed by default during the Xcode Tools install above.  If you wish to check to see if X11 (X11User) and X11SDK are installed, look in /Library/Receipts for the files ''X11User.pkg'' and ''X11SDK.pkg''.
+ * On newer versions of OS X, Apple's X11 has been replaced by a shim application that prompts the user to install XQuartz, which is basically the same thing as Apple's X11, except hosted on MacOSforge instead of on Apple's website proper. Installing XQuartz will also work for the purposes of the recommendation above to install X11 for use with MacPorts.
+ * It is also possible to build X11 from source with MacPorts, as the packages that make up X11/XQuartz all have Portfiles for them in MacPorts as well (the [wiki:jeremyhu same person] maintains both XQuartz and all of the X11 ports in MacPorts). There is [wiki:FAQ#x11-libs an entry in the FAQ] explaining how some of these ports might end up getting installed anyways.
 
 = 3. Set the shell environment =
 Setting the Unix shell environment is critical for MacPorts to function. 
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