On 12/16/12 12:41 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote: > Hello Martin, > > Thank you for your quick response. I am afraid I may have bigger > problems than the one I asked about. I tried to look at the config.log > file as you suggested, using nedit, my favorite editor, and found that > nedit is no longer working. The error message I got when I tried to > start nedit was > > quaternion-3:fontconfig-2.10.1 Mike$ nedit config.log & > [1] 72782 > quaternion-3:fontconfig-2.10.1 Mike$ dyld: Library not loaded: > /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib > Referenced from: /sw/lib/libXm.2.dylib > Reason: no suitable image found. Did find: > /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture > > [1]+ Trace/BPT trap nedit config.log > > > I am running OS X 10.5.8 on an intel MacBook, but it appears to me that > I have installed a powerpc version of fink. The system info shows this, > I think: > > Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sun Dec 16 13:42:25 2012, 10.5, > powerpc > > This seems to have been working fine until I upgraded fink, but now I > think it has come back to bite me in the butt. I remember worrying > about it a couple of years ago when I got the intel machine, which I > think inherited its OS from my old G4 PowerBook using Time Machine. > Can't really remember now. I let it slide because all the programs I > use, like nedit, xfig, xmgrace, and gv all worked fine. > > If this is the problem, what is the solution? Should I uninstall fink > completely, then try the 10.5 installation again? Uh, what is the > easiest way to uninstall, if it comes to that? > > What a mess. Thanks for any help you can give me. > > -Mike >
It does indeed look like you migrated a powerpc installation. Stuff will run but you won't be able to update. http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/starting-anew/ has suggestions about how to turn things around with reduced pain. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
