Well, one problem is that the appropriate version of system-xfree86 is
4.2-3 .

On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 12:54, SStrungis wrote:
> Tried turning unstable on and using apt-get update and apt-get to  
> install as well as FinkCommander.
> 
> This is what I get:
> 
> ---
> [iBook:~] scotty% sudo apt-get install system-xfree86-4.2-1
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package system-xfree86-4.2-1
> [iBook:~] scotty% sudo apt-get install system-xfree86
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    system-xfree86
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/2154B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> (Reading database ... 3651 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking system-xfree86 (from  
> .../system-xfree86_4.2-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> 
> dpkg: error processing  
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11-system/system- 
> xfree86_4.2-1_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
>   subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>    
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11-system/system- 
> xfree86_4.2-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> [iBook:~] scotty%
> --
> 
> HELP!
> 
> I am getting quite frustrated.
> Scott
> 
> 
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