On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 13:06, Mike Morearty wrote: > 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?
Yes, but see the catch below. > > But when I used "fink" to install xfree86-rootless, it did NOT compile > anything. Must have just downloaded binaries. Actually, what probably happened is that it got built but not installed at some point. > > 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? With apt-get, but there's a catch: the binary distribution for 10.2 isn't out yet, so if you have 10.2, then you'll want to use "fink install". Some 10.1 binaries do work, but many (like XFree86) do not. > > 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 > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
