Intel graphics driver (iegd)

Hello I am trying to install the new intel driver (IEGD 8) of Fedora 6. Intel website allows to download rpm package (no tarball - why?) and the latter tells XFree86 is needed. Why, if I use X11? Am I doing the right thing? Is there an updated link to installing the driver? thanks.

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I am trying to install the new intel driver (IEGD 8) of Fedora 6.
Intel website allows to download rpm package (no tarball - why?) and the latter tells XFree86 is needed. Why, if I use X11? Am I doing the right thing? Is there an updated link to installing the driver?
 
thanks

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The biggest problem: rpm contains a bunch of pre-compiled .so and .o files and the Intel site says that the content of this rpm has to be compiled. How should this be put together?

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Can you supply a link from where you downloaded the software?
 
Most likely, if this rpm was compiled for Fedora 6, then it is a matter of installing the rpm. The documentation I found on an earlier version stated that it was for Xfree86 and well as X11.
 
In terms of why rpm rather than a compiler package, you have to ask Intel, if that is who designed the package. Probably has to do with expected dependencies for a tar package that needs to be compiled, rather than an rpm package that may contain all the needed components.