% dpkg -l "*xfree86*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-======================================-======================================-============================================================================================
un system-xfree86 <none> (no description available)
in xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 (no description available)
in xfree86-base <none> (no description available)
in xfree86-base-shlibs <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-base-threaded <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless-shlibs <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless-threaded <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs <none> (no description available)
in xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 (no description available)
Now?
Ah--you don't have any stray packages installed, which is good, but xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs are now marked to be installed. The easiest way to do this is to use the dselect command ("sudo dselect" actually) to change the status.
I tried dselect. This is how the x11-section looked:
qqqqqqq Available Unclassified packages in section x11-system qqqqqqq
-- ? x11-syst xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
** ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
** ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
__ ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
__ ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
-- ? x11-syst xfree86-shli 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
and now it looks like this:
qqq Available packages (not currently installed) qqq
qqqqqqq Available Unclassified packages in section x11-system qqqqqqq
-- ? x11-syst xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X -- ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
-- ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
__ ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data __ ? x11-syst xfree86-base <none> 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data -- ? x11-syst xfree86-shli 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
However:
% fink install ghostscript
/usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/fink install ghostscript
Information about 1722 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
ghostscript
The following 2 additional packages will be installed:
xfree86 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-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 10225 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../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.
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.
dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from .../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6/lib. This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to install xfree86-shlibs again. (The package won't be recompiled.)
Press Return to continue.
dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/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-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
### 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-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
I don't know why my fink-installation is so weird. I haven't done anything special (as far as I know). What can I do now?
Thanks David
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