Hi Brett, On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:21:45 +1000, Brett Duncan wrote: >> A "fink list system-xfree86" shows me that the latest version for >> system-xfree for Apple X11 beta3 is system-xfree86 4.2-1. So you >> should try to get this latest version but prior to this you should >> remove your current system-xfree86 by using this command here: >> "sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86". Now you should run a >> fink selfupdate or fink selfupdate-cvs to get the latest fink >> version and the lates packet describition for system-xfree86. >> During this selfupdate you are either asked from fink itsself which >> system-xfre86 version you would like to install, in this case >> select the number standing in fron of system-xfree86 4.2.-1, or you >> do the installtion of system-xfree86 directly after the selfupdate. >> This is how it goes. Since there should be binaries for >> system-xfree86 avaible a simply "sudo apt-get install >> system-xfree86-42" should do it. It this doesn't do its jo try >> "sudo apt-get install system-xfree86" and see if a dialogue comes >> up in which you are asked which version of system-xfree86 to >> install. Here choose system-xfree86-42. >> >> Now to finish it all again do a fink selfupdate-cvs to get the >> latest fink for your system cause during the former selfupdate some >> depenciesor packages could have been blocked or not resolved cause >> of the wrong system-xfree86. >> > > It was looking bleak there for a moment - new errors were popping > up. But the problem seemed always to be with X11 either > conflicting or missing something. So I downloaded a fresh copy of > the betas from Apple, installed them again, then followed your > instructions, and things now seem to be happening properly.
That's normal in the beginning I donnot know how many errors I got and how many times I installed Mac OS X, fink, etc until I figured out that some problems are only a wrong setting in a configuration file or simply a misstyped command via command line and that the Unixpower beneath OS X is that great that you can almost heal every error without a neet of reinstallation etc. Now after nearly a year of learning Mac OS X and the Basics of the BSD beneath it I can help myself when there's little trouble with OS X but for the really hard things or really OS X eh Unixstuff I need help too. > Thanks very much for your help Eric. It's greatly appreciated. You're welcome. I do what I can and since I learned here on this list why shouldn't I give back the community what I got from here? Mit freundlichen Gr��en Eric Hoch ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
