Yes, that was it! Thanks for your help.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Alexander Hansen <
alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/16/13 7:07 AM, Monica Poelchau wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the response! I've tried this again (and again), and even
>> after removing /sw and trying the install with a new fink tarball I
>> still stall at the same place.
>>
>> One other tidbit - I'm doing this remotely (ssh'ed in to the mac). I
>> wouldn't think this would be a problem, though.
>>
>> Monica
>>
>>
>>
> Ah, that probably *is* the issue.
>
> What's probably going on is that you don't have X11 (XQuartz) installed on
> the remote machine. fink tests for the presence of X11, since many of our
> packages need it, by checking the output of a command. Unfortunately, on
> 10.8, when one runs an X11-related command when XQuartz isn't installed, a
> dialog window pops up on the desktop, and it blocks whatever was being run
> until the user presses one of its buttons.
>
> The quickest workaround would be to move the X11 tree out of your path
> e.g. via "sudo mv /opt/X11 /opt/X11.bkup". That way the X11 tests will
> just indicate "not installed" and the bootstrap will proceed.
>
> Or you could download and install XQuartz--you can even do that from the
> command line, using the built -in "installer" command. Depending on what
> you ultimately want to install via Fink, you may need to do that at some
> point, anyway.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>
--
Monica Poelchau
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland
Research Affiliate, Georgetown University
mpoelc...@gmail.com
mf...@georgetown.edu
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