It sounds like you broke your Development Tools somehow--that's where you get the C compiler and cvs command. Try reinstalling them, first of all.
The "old and fractured" error message is for the Fink system-xfree86 placeholder package, not your own X11 installation. The "node for system-xfree86 exists" error is in the FAQ: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.php#node-exists this is what you should have done initially. On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 23:31, Will Oram wrote: > This is a long question, so bear with me. :) > > Right now I'm mud wrestling with Fink and X11 after a recent (legal) > installation of Panther. Up until now Panther and the beta of X11 have > worked in harmony. > > When I wanted to install Pan (the X11 newsreader), Fink claimed there > was already a free86 node. The suggestion to update fink didn't help. > Fink also noted my free86 version was old and fractured, and suggested > I reinstall. When I tried...it wouldn't let me. Apprently it didn't > like my copy of X11. I figured I'd reinstall X11 then. > > But I can't install X11 because the installer claims I have 'newer > software' on my HD already. So I trashed everything I could find with > the phrase 'X11' in it. The installer STILL says the same thing. I > trash fink on top of that and start over. > > I try to install free86 fresh. Fink now complains I don't have a valid > C compiler. What, did some files disappear while I wasn't looking? I've > always had gcc. So I try to get a new gcc version using the cvs > command...but Terminal doesn't recognise 'cvs' either. What's going on? > > It might be best to help me with the last paragraph and move backwards. > :) > > Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo > The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise > Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room > http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
