On Mar 3, 2004, at 10:25 AM, Gary Robinson wrote:
Hi,
I'm doing my first install with fink. Yesterday I installed Apple's X11 for
Panther from the 3rd panther install disk.
I let my fink install (of Subversion) run overnight. This morning the following appears on the screen:
Selecting previously deselected package xfree86.
(Reading database ... 4423 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../xfree86_4.3.99.901-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
WARNING: if you compile X11 applications against this XFree86 release,
you will *not* be able to run them if you decide to revert to Apple's
X11 provided with Panther.
You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and/or /etc/X11.
This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to
install xfree86 again. (The package won't be recompiled.) If you want
to keep your X11 installation, install system-xfree86 resp. system-xtools
instead to make this known to Fink's package system.
Press Return to continue.
<AKH> This means that Fink tried to install XFree86 over your X11 installation (but probably didn't do anything). As Laurent's message pointed out, you need the X11 SDK package (From the XCode CD) to compile anything.
You should also run "fink list -i xfree86" in a terminal to see what all Fink thinks is installed. As long as you just have system-xfree86 packages, you're OK
I wasn't able to parse it to understand EXACTLY what I should do,
particularly, I don't know what is meant by "nstall system-xfree86 resp.
system-xtools." I don't know what "resp." is an abbreviation for.
<AKH> That error message is obsolete. In any case "resp." is short for "respectively"
I do want to keep the Panther X11 installation.
Any advice?
--Gary
-- Putting http://wecanstopspam.org in your email helps it pass through overzealous spam filters.
Gary Robinson CEO Transpose, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 207-942-3463 Company: http://www.transpose.com Blog: http://www.garyrobinson.net
-- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213
------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
