Thanks for the info. JJ
Yves de Champlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Le 07-06-06 à 11:52, Marc Aurele La France a écrit : > 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. Indeed. MacPorts provide XFree86 4.6.0. I am thinking of providing a port based on a recent snapshot too. yves _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.
