Okay, I got it working. I used fink instead of apt-get, and it worked.
But let me explain why I tried to use apt-get or dselect. My impression is that if I use "fink", I'm going to get full source, which will then be compiled on my machine. That's what appeared to happen when I initially installed fink and Ethereal. (Certainly *something* was getting compiled, but I didn't bother to try to figure out just what it was.) But if I use apt-get, then I'll just get binaries, right? But when I used "fink" to install xfree86-rootless, it did NOT compile anything. Must have just downloaded binaries. Anyway, am I right about fink vs. apt-get? My main question is: I usually just want binaries, so how should I get them -- with fink, or with apt-get? Thanks again. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Morearty Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [Fink-beginners] How do I install and run XFree86 I'm a longtime Windows programmer, and I have fairly strong Unix command-line experience (from the '80s), but I have no X Windows experience at all. (And I'm new to Mac programming too, for that matter!) There, enough excuses. I want to run Ethereal on my Mac. I installed fink, and then I installed Ethereal. Along with that came xfree86-root. But when I run Ethereal, I get: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Searching the archives of fink-beginners, I learned that I need to be running XFree86. Right? (I also saw messages about setting a DISPLAY environment variable; that didn't solve the problem.) I invoke XFree86 with "startx", right? But startx tells me: xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH ... Possible server names include: XFree86 XDarwin XDarwinQuartz XDarwinStartup I'm on OS X, not just Darwin. I think I want XFree86, right? So I think I need to install xfree86-rootless, right? I already have xfree86-base installed. So I tried this: apt-get install xfree86-rootless And I get this error message: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: xfree86-rootless: Depends: xfree86-base (= 4.2.0-12) but 4.2.1.1-3 is to be insatlled E: Sorry, broken packages Does this mean there's some kind of version conflict? What do I do? (I had very similar error messages with dpkg, by the way.) Thanks! - Mike, a total X beginner P.S. At least tethereal works for me! That's a start... ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online hosted session at: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr0003en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online hosted session at: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr0003en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
