<div dir="ltr">1- If you have installed TeXLive 2008, then you should be fine with Persian typesetting since it includes v0.999.6 of xetex. But the latest version of xetex is 0.999.7 but I do not think you would need 0.999.7 if you already have installed TeXLive 2008 which includes v0.999.6<br>
<br>2- In case you have v0.999.6 and you want to get v0.999.7 of xetex, there is no need to compile the source. Make sure you have rsync installed and then open a terminal and write:<br><br>$ sudo rsync -av rsync://<a href="http://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/xetex/linux/bin/xetex">contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/xetex/linux/bin/xetex</a> /usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/i386-linux/<br>
<br>now, you have got the latest version of xetex.<br><br>3- If you really want to install xetex from the source, follow the instructions at<br><br><a href="http://farsilatex.blogfa.com/post-145.aspx">http://farsilatex.blogfa.com/post-145.aspx</a><br>
<br><br>NOTE: the binaries (TeXLive's ones) should exist in your bin directory like /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin if you do the last step which is "sh install-xetex"<br><br><br>Hope this helps<br><br>-- VK<br></div>