- > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:30:46 -0800 > From: Vance Eschenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Fink-beginners] Fink's gone crazy. > > Hello, > For some reason, Fink has gone hawire here. I > cannot get > it to install anything. I think what has happened > is that > I installed the apple X11 server and fink tried to > install > the Xfree86 stuff and the two got mixed so nothing > works. > > When I try to install something, I get the > following errors: > > > You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 > and /etc/X11. > This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove > them, then tell Fink to > install xfree86-base again. (The package won't be > recompiled.) If you > want > to keep your X11 installation, install > system-xfree86 resp. > system-xtools > instead to make this known to Fink's package system. > > Press Return to continue. > > dpkg: error processing > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- > > base_4.2.1.1-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error > exit status 1 > Setting up xfree86-base-shlibs (4.2.1.1-3) ... > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- > > base_4.2.1.1-3_darwin-powerpc.deb > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > [dhcpvisitor21992:~] You have an existing X11 > installation in > /usr/X11R6 and > /etc/X11./stable/main/binary-darwin-poweThis package > > refuses to overwrite[dhcpvisitor21992:~] > vanceeschenburg% these. > Remove them, then tell Fink to1992:~] > > > When I try to uninstall something I get > > Reading package info... > Information about 924 packages read in 3 seconds. > > dpkg --remove xfree86-base > dpkg: status database area is locked by another > process > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2 > Failed: can't remove package xfree86-base > > > pretty much all the fink commands crap out. > selfupdate and > selfupdate-cvs don't work either. > > Is there a simple way to fix this? > > I wonder if the best thing to do is just uninstall > x11, fink, and rm > -rf the /sw directory tree. If that's the way to > go, how do I > reinstall that? :) > > Thanks much > > > You need system-xfree86. apt-get system-xfree86 (I just went through this.)
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