Everytime I try to install something using the: fink install some_thing
It firsts asks me the following:

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates:
(1) xfree86: Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
(2) xorg: Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
(3) system-xfree86-manual-install: Manually installed X11 components


This is a bit wierd since I have apples x11 installed, and the X11 sdk.

I tried troubleshooting with:
fink list -i system-xfree86
and I get the following information:
Information about 5796 packages read in 12 seconds.
i system-xfree86 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11]
i system-xfree... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11 devel...
i system-xfree... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11 share...

so all packages needed are installed, right?

Then at the end of the compilation I get this long message (more info at the end of this message):
+----------
|
| Attention!
|
| Package system-xfree86-manual-install is an autogenerated virtual package.
|
| You cannot manipulate this type of package using the usual Fink tools.
| A detailed description of this package follows...
|
| This package represents the various components of an
| X11 on your system that is not installed through Fink.
|

| This package represents the various components of an
| X11 on your system that is not installed through Fink.
|
| You can either use a Fink-supplied X11, such as the
| xfree86 or xorg sets of packages, or you can use a
| manually-installed (non-Fink) X11, such as Apple's
| X11User and X11SDK packages. You must not mix X11
| suppliers. If you are already using some type of
| manually-installed X11, please make sure you have
| installed all components of it.
|
| For more information, please see the FAQ entry on X11
| installation at:
|
| http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php#apple-x11-wants-xfree86
|
| Web site: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-general.php#virtpackage
|
+----------

### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.2.5BBVqK failed, exit code 1
Removing build lock...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-system-xfree86-manual-install-0-0
(L"aser databasen ... 70850 filer och kataloger installerade.)
Tar bort fink-buildlock-system-xfree86-manual-install-0-0 ...
Failed: phase compiling: system-xfree86-manual-install-0-0 failed


In this case I tried installing Xchat and It worked fine. I just don't know how to interpret these messages?

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