The "/etc/X11 is not a symlink error" is because when you remove Apple's X11, you're supposed to completely remove /etc/X11. Completely remove it with
rm -rf /etc/X11
and then you should do a reinstall of xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xfree86-shlibs xfree86.
-- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian
--On Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:57 PM -0500 Peter DePasquale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Updating my saga..... (I'm really tired of this)
I did the removal indicated below and got this:
TCNJ-97-131:~ depasqua$ sudo dpkg -r --force-all xfree86-shlibs Password: (Reading database ... dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `xfree86' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. 20525 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xfree86-shlibs ... dpkg - warning: while removing xfree86-shlibs, directory `/usr/X11R6/lib' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing xfree86-shlibs, directory `/usr/X11R6' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing xfree86-shlibs, directory `/usr' not empty so not removed. TCNJ-97-131:~ depasqua$
Ok, fine, whatever. I rerun fink commander and now xfree86shlib's listing as "archive". Good, that seems to make sense....
Next, I try to do an installation of "xfree86" as indicated by Martin earlier...
For Fink's X11, you have to install the packages xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs, either via "fink install" from source (might not take long if you did not erase the *.deb files from your last attempt) or via "apt-get install" from binary.
When I do that, I get:
Information about 1496 packages read in 1 seconds. The following package will be installed or updated: xfree86 The following additional package will be installed: xfree86-shlibs Do you want to continue? [Y/n] dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3. 99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shli bs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (Reading database ... dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `xfree86' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. 20411 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 (using .../xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_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. Unpacking replacement xfree86 ... Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-shlibs. Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from .../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... Setting up xfree86-shlibs (4.3.99.16-2) ...
Setting up xfree86 (4.3.99.16-2) ... ERROR: /etc/X11 exists, but is not a symlink to /usr/X11R6/etc. dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: xfree86 ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't batch-install packages: /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3. 99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shli bs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
Note that I chose "Y" for the installation of xfree86-shlibs
Sigh... Should I symlink?
(I'm not doing ANYTHING until I hear from the community here. I wonder why this process is such a mess.....)
Thanks (again)
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