I am trying to install xfree86 so that I can install KDE and KDevelop etc. In blissful ignorance of this installation I followed the advice on the macshadows web page here: http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.php?title=Installing_KDE_on_Mac_OS_X
I installed fink. I did not find X11, although I thought I would find it on my version of Mac. I ran "fink install Xfree86" in my terminal and left my computer to it... Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-shlibs. Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from .../xfree86-shlibs_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb) ... Setting up xfree86-shlibs (4.5.0-1024) ... Setting up xfree86 (4.5.0-1024) ... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/xfree86.postinst: line 23: 654 Segmentation fault /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: xfree86 ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't batch-install packages: /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-shlibs_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb The web page did not tell me what to do about this and I could not find a way to test the configuration for Xfree86. Then I installed FinkCommander highlighted xfree86 and clicked the "Selfupdate -rsync" button. The FinkCommander told me that all was well: "Self-repair succeeded. Please re-try your command." The display looks like: flagged status name installed version binary category summary NO archived xfree86 4.5.0-1024 4.5.0-1040 x11-system Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X NO current xfree86-base-threaded provided virtual [virtual package] NO xfree86-base-threaded-dev virtual [virtual package] NO current xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs provided virtual [virtual package] NO current xfree86-shlibs 4.5.0-1024 4.5.0-1024 4.5.0-1040 x11-system Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X Am I OK now? Thanks for your help. JJ --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.