Thank you. JJ
Marc Aurele La France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, JJ Henricksen wrote: > 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? Dunno. You'd have to ask whoever generated those packages. While we provide binaries for various platforms, they are not system-specific packages such as rpm's, deb's, etc. Secondly, several build & install issues on Darwin have recently been resolved (post 4.6.0), so you might want to build from CVS source. Marc. +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Academic Information and | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | Communications Technologies | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | 352 General Services Building +----------------------------------+ | University of Alberta | | | Edmonton, Alberta | Standard disclaimers apply | | T6G 2H1 | | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ XFree86 developer and VP. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.
