okay, I thought I had answered my own question. I tried to run "fink install system-xfree86 I got this:
> source /sw/bin/init.csh > fink install system-xfree86 sudo /sw/bin/fink install system-xfree86 Password: Information about 924 packages read in 2 seconds. The following package will be installed or updated: system-xfree86 rm -rf /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5 mkdir -p /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw mkdir -p /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/DEBIAN mkdir -p /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw/share/doc/system-xfree86 echo "system-xfree86 is a bundle package that doesn't install any files of its own." >/sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw/share/doc/system-xfree86/README rm -f /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw/info/dir /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw/info/dir.old /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw/share/info/dir /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5/sw/share/info/dir.old Writing control file... Writing package script preinst... Writing shlibs file... mkdir -p /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system dpkg-deb -b root-system-xfree86-4.2-5 /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system dpkg-deb: building package `system-xfree86' in `/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb'. ln -sf /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/debs/ rm -rf /sw/src/root-system-xfree86-4.2-5 dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb Selecting previously deselected package system-xfree86. (Reading database ... 4754 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking system-xfree86 (from .../system-xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... - found apple library - found X plugin includes - found /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm - found /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb - found /usr/X11R6/bin/rman - missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib - missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.dylib - missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.dylib - found /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h Your XFree86 installation is missing or incomplete. Please make sure you have an XFree86 release installed and retry the installation of the system-xfree86 package. The following XFree86 software is compatible with system-xfree86: XonX (from the XFree86 Project): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=18034 Apple X11: http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/ Press a key to continue. dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): 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_4.2-5_darwin-powerpc.deb ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't install package system-xfree86-4.2-5 > I'm afraid that most ofthis might as well be Chinese for I can make sense of it. So, I if I remove my present Apple X11 and start from scratch on the fink install, will that wreak havoc with my present OpenOffice installation? Or is this a simple issue of a few missing libs? I'm just a little stumped... What else might I try next? Any assistance is deeply appreciated. tony ===== http://www.photodharma.com/ See? -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GED$/L/P/FA d? s: a C++ L++ W++ N++ K- w--- M+ PS++ PE-- Y+ PGP- t+ tv-- b++(b++++) D? G e++++ h++ r--- y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
