On 4/29/02 13:46, "Henrik Holm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After successful installation of Fink, I want to install X11. > However, I am a little confused as to which version is the > current. The documentation on > http:/fink.sourceforge.net/doc/X11/inst-xfree86.php states > that Xfree86 v.4.1.0 is the current 'released' version. > However, both the XonX sourceforge pages and xfree86 home > pages says that 4.2.0 (incorporating rootless X11) is the most > current one. Also, when I try 'fink install xfree86-base', it > seems like it fetches a 4.2.0 package (the name is > X420src-1.tgz) The fink documentation is out of date. The current version is indeed 4.2 . > > By the way, the install process seems to hang: it stops at the > 'curl' line: > > [localhost:~/Fink/fink-0.4.0-full] henrik% fink install xfree86-base > sudo /sw/bin/fink install xfree86-base > Password: > Reading package info... > Information about 427 packages read in 3 seconds. > curl -f -L -s -S -O http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/X420src-1.tgz > It just looks that way. The file is big (50 M) and the server is slow. If you make fink run in verbose mode you'll also turn curl to verbose mode too, and you'll see the download crawl along. > > I would suppose this is because the server is very busy, so I > think I will try and find the package at some other place. Is > it harmul to abort the installation at this time? Would I use > Ctrl-c to abort the installation? It's not particularly harmful. Go ahead and abort. Here's a couple of alternatives for you: 1) You can install from the binary distribution--this is a faster download. 2) You can download the source tarballs (X420src-<1,2,3>.tgz) from any xfree86.org mirror, move them to /sw/src and 'fink install' as usual. -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
