I am trying to install emacs. Whe I type "fink install emacs21" fink asks me if I want to install xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs. I exit the installation at this point, because I want to use the version of X that shipped in Panther.
As I understand it, what I need to do is get fink to recognize that I have the system-xfree86 virtual package installed. If at this point I type "fink-virtual-pkgs" I see several virtual packages listed, but system-xfree86 is not among them.
I tried doing the procedure outlined in FAQ 8.11. I did a "dpkg -r --force-all" of all the X packages listed in the FAQ. Fink replied that none of those packages were currently installed. Then I deleted /Library/Receipts/X11SDK.pkg and /Library/Receipts/X11User.pkg. Then I ran "fink selfupdate" and "fink index". Then I reinstalled X11User.pkg from Panther Disk 3 and X11SDK.pkg from the XTools CD. After all this I reran "fink-virtual-pkgs", but still didn't see a system-xfree86 entry. And my attempts to install emacs21 still prompt for the xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs packages.
Any ideas? What else can I look at? How does fink know when a virtual package is installed?
Thanks.
--Bill McNeill
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