Hi, On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:21:14 -0800 (PST), D. Roach wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to install new packages. > I thought id start with 'xinvaders' and i typed 'fink > install xinvaders' > I was asked to choose from 3 options for xfree86 - i > chose 3 basically because I didnt know which was most > appropriate. > it seemed to work and looked as though something was > downloading(?) But it took a long time for the counter > reduce- after 3 hours it hadnt finished - is this > right? i quit the terminal. > > I havent installed x11- when i tried it said 'failed > no version history available for x11' > > So far i have developer tools, fink, and xfree86 > distribution.
And which Version of OS X are you using. Now that Panther is out this makes a difference. The Apple X11 (based on Xfree 4.3.0) is somehow not always installed completly on the first run and the X11SDK isn't installed by default too, so you need to get rid of the installed X11 and install it manualy again and afterwards the X11SDK. X11 is on the first or second Panther CD (sorry haven't got Panther yet but hopefully it arraives during this week), X11SDK is on the third CD. Xfree86 4.3.0 shouldn't run under Panther and the Xfree 4.3.99-15 package has a bug so you need to update to the 4.3.99-16 package by running fink selfupdate and than if needed a fink update.all. But I doubt that you have installed a X if you have quitted downloading but since you didn't say which options fink gave you during installing xinvaders my guessing maybe wrong. So take a look at what "fink list -i xfree" tells you. If the output looks something like that: Information about 2921 packages read in 1 seconds. i system-xfree86 2:4.3-1 [placeholder for user installed x11] i system-xfree86-dev 2:4.3-1 [placeholder for user installed x11 development tools] i system-xfree86-shlibs 2:4.3-1 [placeholder for user installed x11 shared libraries] You still may have Apple's X11 installed and than my first hint would be good. Otherswise for Xfree it should look similar but there should be a 2:4.3-99 or only a 4.3-99 in the second column. Again I have to guess that it is so. HTH, Eric Hoch -- ## Ansprechpartner Anwenderunterst�tzung, users-Mailingliste ## War unsere Hilfe erfolgreich? Bitte teilen Sie es uns mit. Danke. ## de.OpenOffice.org - Office f�r MacOS X, Linux, Solaris & Windows ## Netikette? http://www.eschkitai.de/openoffice/netikette.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
