Just to verify:  you did install both the User and SDK packages from
Apple, right?

The error message problem is still being looked at.


On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 15:55, William Kolean wrote:
> I tried it - but I pretty much got the same error message:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i 
> /sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/system-xfree86_4.2-3_darwin-
> powerpc.deb
> (Reading database ... 42440 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking system-xfree86 (from .../system-xfree86_4.2-3_darwin-powerpc.deb)
> ...
> 
> dpkg: error processing
> /sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/system-xfree86_4.2-3_darwin-
> powerpc.deb (--install):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/system-xfree86_4.2-3_darwin
> -powerpc.deb
> 
> 
> Note that this is the complete error message - I didn't add the ellipse.
> 
> I'm running 10.2.3 on a Ti 667 PowerBook with the Dec 2002 dev tools.
> 
> William
> 
> 
> > Did you try installing the deb file manually with sudo dpkg -i
> > <filename>
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 14:17, William Kolean wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:31  AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Do you have unstable turned on?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Also, there is a binary release out, so you should be able to try an
> >>>> 'apt-get update'
> >>> 
> >>> Its in stable, unstable, and binary. No  packages are ever available as
> >>> a binary that aren't in stable.
> >>> 
> >>> -Ben
> >> 
> >> This what I get running apt-get:
> >> 
> >> sudo apt-get install system-xfree86=4.2-3
> >> 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.
> >> 4 packages not fully installed or removed.
> >> Need to get 0B/2278B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> >> Err file: stable/main system-xfree86 4.2-3
> >>   File not found
> >> Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/current/main system-xfree86 4.2-3
> >> [2278B]
> >> Fetched 2280B in 0s (3864B/s)
> >> Failed to fetch 
> >> http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download/dists/fink-0.5.0a-updates/
> >> main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-3_darwin-powerpc.d
> >> eb  Size mismatch
> >> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
> >> --fix-missing?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I tried downloading the file myself and then moving it to the
> >> stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system directory, but then I get this:
> >> 
> >> sudo apt-get install system-xfree86=4.2-3
> >> 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.
> >> 4 packages not fully installed or removed.
> >> Need to get 0B/2278B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> >> Failed to fetch 
> >> file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11-system/system-xfr
> >> ee86_4.2-3_darwin-powerpc.deb  Size mismatch
> >> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
> >> --fix-missing?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --fix-missing doesn't work with apt-get or fink so I'm off to the web site
> >> to figure out how to use --fix-missing
> >> 
> >> 
> >> William
> >> 
> >> 
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