In attempting to upgrade from a previous installation of fink I deleted /sw. However, now everything which uses Xfree86 in any way tries to install it and fails. Following the FAQ for removing X:

sudo rm -rf /Applications/XDarwin.app /usr/X11R6 /etc/X11

Followed by:

[66-188-202-131:/Users/amgine] amgine# fink install xfree86-rootless-threaded
Information about 3135 packages read in 2 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
xfree86-rootless-threaded
The following 3 additional packages will be installed:
xfree86-base-threaded xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs
xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless-threaded_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base-threaded_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb
Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-rootless-threaded.
(Reading database ... 19084 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86-rootless-threaded (from .../xfree86-rootless-threaded_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-base-threaded.
Unpacking xfree86-base-threaded (from .../xfree86-base-threaded_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs (from .../xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...


You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11.
This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to
install xfree86-base again. (The package won't be recompiled.)

Press Return to continue.

dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs.
Unpacking xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs (from .../xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfree86-base-threaded:
xfree86-base-threaded depends on xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs (= 4.2.1.1-18); however:
Package xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs is not installed.
dpkg: error processing xfree86-base-threaded (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs:
xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs depends on xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs (= 4.2.1.1-18); however:
Package xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs is not installed.
dpkg: error processing xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfree86-rootless-threaded:
xfree86-rootless-threaded depends on xfree86-base-threaded (= 4.2.1.1-18); however:
Package xfree86-base-threaded is not configured yet.
xfree86-rootless-threaded depends on xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs (= 4.2.1.1-18); however:
Package xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xfree86-rootless-threaded (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb
xfree86-base-threaded
xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs
xfree86-rootless-threaded
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages: /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless-threaded_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base-threaded_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs_4.2.1.1-18_darwin-powerpc.deb


Any suggestions?



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