The problem is that you aren't seeing the full package names, because they are longer than the default fink list column width.
You'll be able to see what's going on if you widen your terminal window and use fink list -w=200 xfree86 (i.e. increase the display width) The name of the package is "xfree86-rootless" and the other item is xfree86-rootless-shlibs On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 11:34, Julian F.Woods wrote: > I tried, I tried, O how I tried, but xfree86-rootles refuses to > install. Using the sudo dselect command I get: > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n] Y > Press enter to continue. > > I presume the capital letter in the Y/n about means that by default I > should reply with a 'Y'. Actually I tried both with the same result. In > both cases when I press 'enter' it does nothing and simply jumps to > section 4 below, as: > > Debian `dselect' package handling frontend. > > 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use. > 1. [U]pdate Update list of available packages, if possible. > 2. [S]elect Request which packages you want on your system. > 3. [I]nstall Install and upgrade wanted packages. > * 4. [C]onfig Configure any packages that are unconfigured. > 5. [R]emove Remove unwanted software. > 6. [Q]uit Quit dselect. > > I also ran fink list as follows: > > [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% fink list > Reading package info... > Information about 954 packages read in 14 seconds. > > ........etc. > (i) xfree86-base 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-base-sh 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > (i) xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xgalaga 2.0.34-1 Clone of the classic game of galaga > xinvaders 2.1.2-2 Space Invaders clone for X > xless 1.7-1 X-Window based replacement for > more/less > xlightoff 1.1-1 Light switching game for X11 > xmahjongg 3.5-11 X-Windows version of Mah Jongg > xml-dom-pm 1.39-1 Perl ext that adds new style to > XML::Parser > xml-parser-pm 2.31-4 Perl ext interface to XML > parser/expat > xml-regexp-pm 0.03-2 Perl modules for XML tokens > xmms 1.2.7-3 Multimedia player for the X Window > System > xmms-bin 1.2.7-3 Multimedia player for the X Window > System > xmms-gdancer 0.4.5-2 XMMS plugin featuring dancing > characters > xmms-shlibs 1.2.7-3 Multimedia player for the X Window > System > xmountains 2.6-1 Fractal landscape generator > xpdf 1.01-2 Viewer for Portable Document Format > (PDF)... > xpilot 4.5.4-1 Multi-player 2D space game > xtraceroute 0.9.0-2 Graphical traceroute including globe > xv 3.10a-2 Image viewer > yafc 0.7.10-1 Enhanced ftp client, supporting ssh2 > (sftp) > i zlib 1.1.4-1 Compression library > > and then ran tried ap-get, but this then gave me: > > [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% sudo apt-get install xfree86-rootles > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package xfree86-rootles > [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% > > Note too that my fink list gives TWO xfree86-rootles items, one marked > with (i) � presumably meaning 'installed', the other without an '(i)' > > What gives here???? > > On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 09:10 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > Try reinstalling xfree86-rootless, since that's where the missing X > > comes from. > > > > On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 01:41, Julian F.Woods wrote: > >> Thanks for that. These two commands give the following: > >> > >> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% fink list -i xfree86 > >> Reading package info... > >> Information about 954 packages read in 17 seconds. > >> > >> (i) xfree86-base 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > >> clients and... > >> (i) xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > >> clients and... > >> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% fink list xfree86 > >> Reading package info... > >> Information about 954 packages read in 14 seconds. > >> > >> system-xfree86 4.2-5 Placeholder package for manually > >> installe... > >> (i) xfree86-base 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > >> clients and... > >> xfree86-base-sh 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > >> clients and... > >> (i) xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > >> clients and... > >> xfree86-rootles 4.2.1.1-3 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > >> clients and... > >> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% > >> > >> I seem to have the key xfree86 packages installed but they do not > >> work > >> and as you see below, I don't have the 'X' in my path > >> (/usr/X11R6/bin/X). Does this mean that the install is faulty? Do I > >> need to install any of the others? > >> > >> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 09:35 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> > >>> fink list -i xfree86 > >>> > >>> will show all of your installed xfree86 packages. > >>> > >>> fink list xfree86 > >>> > >>> will show all of the xfree86 packages. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >>> > >>> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Julian F.Woods wrote: > >>> > >>>> I thought I installed both the base and 'rootless' but maybe not. I > >>>> don't recall the word 'threaded'. How do I check which version I > >>>> have > >>>> installed? > >>>> > >>>> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 02:32 PM, Benjamin Reed wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 02:20 PM, Julian F.Woods wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Many thanks. I tried the various options you suggested and this > >>>>>> gave > >>>>>> me the following: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% printenv PATH > >>>>>> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/ > >>>>>> usr/ > >>>>>> X11R6/bin > >>>>>> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:~] jfwoods% startx -- -rootless > >>>>>> > >>>>>> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server > >>>>>> "/usr/X11R6/bin/X" in PATH > >>>>> > >>>>> When you say you installed xfree86 from dselect, which package > >>>>> exactly > >>>>> did you install? If it was one of Fink's xfree86-* packages, be > >>>>> warned that to run local X programs, you need *both* the base and > >>>>> rootless packages. IE, if you were installing the threaded X > >>>>> package, > >>>>> you would install xfree86-rootless-threaded (along with > >>>>> xfree86-base-threaded, and their shared libs), otherwise you would > >>>>> install xfree86-rootless (along with xfree86-base). > >>>>> > >>>>> If you *just* installed xfree86-base or xfree86-base-threaded, that > >>>>> would be your problem. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >>>>> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 > >>>>> See! > >>>>> http://www.vasoftware.com > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Fink-beginners mailing list > >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >>>> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >>>> http://www.vasoftware.com > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Fink-beginners mailing list > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >>> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >>> http://www.vasoftware.com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Fink-beginners mailing list > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > >>> > > -- > > Alexander K. 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