[Fink-beginners] Successful Fink on 10.3 [panther]

[Tom Thomas]

Folks, I have had serious 'issues' with fink and panther, per my 
previous posts to this list, eventually though I was able to get 
everything to work like I had wanted. I will not go into all my 
'issues' but suffice to say I have reloaded everything several times. I 
know the fink team is working on the project slowly however I am a big 
believer in documenting and writing. Members of this list have been 
very helpful and when combined with the assistance from the Nessus 
board members as well things are working well now, thank you to 
everyone. In order to give back to the group I have documented my 
steps, now I am a network guy and not a *nix guru. I can report the 
steps that were finally successful for me in this regard. It is my hope 
this will be helpful to someone.

1. I did a clean install of Panther

2. During the install I selected the X11, Xcode options

3. I installed fink and it kept having trouble functioning with what 
appeared to be issues with apples X

4. I removed both fink and X

5. Pick up your "Mac OS X Panther Install Disc 3" CD, go to "/Packages" 
folder and  install "X11.pkg" package. Switch to "Xcode Tools" CD, and 
install Developer.mpkg  to have developer tools. When you finish to 
install developer tools, go to /Packages folder in the CD and install 
"X11SDK.pkg"

Note: I was under the impression these things would of been installed 
by the way I installed panther but that does not appear to be the case

6. I tried to install fink at this time and it worked as expected but 
fink has real issues with panther so your mileage may vary, it has been 
suggested that fink be installed from the source files, the fink team 
though is, I am sure, working diligently to improve its function and 
ease the installation process.

7. I updated fink and installed gtk+, etc...

8. I then used fink to install the packages I wanted, for those 
interested (fortune, ethereal, nmap, xnmap, and for fun xgalaga!) then 
X11

9. Then I installed Nessus

10. Everything worked.

I think the tricking of the system to see x11 initially then remove it 
so fink could install and its reinstallation was some how key. Not sure 
though but this worked for me and I hope it does for you as well.

Good Luck

Tom



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