I'm just reading these and trying to learn but... What about inxtalling x.org and not xfree86? I have a question concerning binaries and Apt. How do I use apt to download binaries with a fast connection and then later install them into the proper directories? I'd like to download the bundle-kde binary at my favorite coffee shop and then install the packages at home. I know that fink fetch 'foo' will download the source files but I'd rather not go through the agonizing compilation process so hence the binaries. Many thanks, Brian On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 09:29, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > On Jul 7, 2005, at 11:17 AM, Marc Stergionis wrote: > > At about 10:59 AM -0400 on 7/7/05, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > > Looks OK (system-x11-dev is an artifact of my not having enough > > > coffee--no such package exists). > > > > > > So the question is why Fink would want to install xfree86 given > > > that you've got what looks like a completely adequate > > > system-xfree86 suite. > > > > > > Just as one last cleanliness check, try running > > > > > > dpkg -l xfree86* > > > > > > to make sure you don't have any partially installed bits (which > > > "fink list" wouldn't register) laying around. > > > > > > Here is what that produced: > > > > > > MarcsG4:~ stermarc$ 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 > > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > > iF xfree86 4.5.0-24 Free X11 implementation for Darwin > > and Mac O > > un xfree86-base <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-base-s <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-base-t <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-base-t <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available) > > un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available) > > ii xfree86-shlibs 4.5.0-24 Free X11 implementation for Darwin > > and Mac O > > > > > > > Well, the easy thing to do here is > > sudo rm -rf /etc/X11 > > and then > > fink reinstall xfree86-shlibs > fink install xfree86 > > That'll get you a working XFree86. Now what puzzles me is how > xfree86-shlibs could install itself when system-xfree86* were > present. The initial release of the package (4.3.0-1?) had a problem > where it could do this, and what happened here may have been a > carryover. > > Or you can do > > sudo rm -rf /etc/X11 /usr/X11R6 > > and then install Apple's X11 (+the SDK). It's up to you--the main > thing to be concerned about is that if you build packages with > XFree86-4.5, you'll have to rebuild them if you ever want to go back > to Apple's X11. > > > > -- > > Alexander Hansen > > Fink Documentarian > > [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment > > http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ > >
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