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@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
contents" is out of date. What do I need to do?</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.fc-atlas">6.11 Fink Commander hangs when I try to install
atlas.</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.basic-headers">6.12 I get messages saying
that I'm missing stddef.h | wchar.h | crt.o. Where do I find them?</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.multiple-dependencies">6.13 I can't update, because Fink is
"unable to resolve version conflict
on multiple dependencies".</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.dpkg-parse-error">6.14 I can't install anything because I get
"dpkg: parse error, in file
`/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status'"!</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.freetype-problems">6.15 I get errors involving
freetype.</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.dlfcn-from-oo">6.16 I get build errors
involving `Dl_info'.</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.gcc2">6.17 Fink says I'm
missing <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">gcc2</tt> but I can't seem to
- install it.</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.system-java">6.18 Fink says
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">Failed: Can't resolve dependency
"system-java14-dev"</tt>, but there's no such package.</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.dpkg-split">6.19 When I try to install anything, I get <q>dpkg
(subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such
file or directory</q>. How do I fix this?</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.xml-parser">6.20 I get the following message: <q>configure: error:
XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool</q>. What do I do about
it?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-packages"><b>7 Compile Problems - Specific
Packages</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-packages.libgtop">7.1 A package fails to build
with errors involving
+ install it.</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.system-java">6.18 Fink says
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">Failed: Can't resolve dependency
"system-java14-dev"</tt>, but there's no such package.</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.dpkg-split">6.19 When I try to install anything, I get <q>dpkg
(subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such
file or directory</q>. How do I fix this?</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.xml-parser">6.20 I get the following message: <q>configure: error:
XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool</q>. What do I do about
it?</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.master-problems">6.21 I'm trying to download a
package, but Fink goes to some weird site with <q>distfiles</q> in its name, and the
file isn't there.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-packages"><b>7 Compile Problems
- Specific Packages</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-packages.libgtop">7.1 A package
fails to build with errors involving
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">sed</tt>.</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.cant-install-xfree">7.2 I want to switch to Fink's XFree86
packages, but I can't install
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">xfree86-base</tt> | <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">xfree86</tt>, because it conflicts
with <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">system-xfree86</tt>.</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.change-thread-nothread">7.3 How do I change from the non-threaded
version of Fink's XFree86
packages to the threaded version (or vice-versa)?</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.cctools">7.4 "When I try to install KDE, I get the following
message: 'Can't
- resolve dependency "cctools (>= 446-1)"'</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.xml-parser-pm">7.5 <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">intltool</tt>
says that I need XML::Parser. I have xml-parser-pm
installed.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#usage-general"><b>8 Package Usage Problems
- General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#usage-general.xlocale">8.1 I'm getting lots of
messages like "locale not supported by C
+ resolve dependency "cctools (>= 446-1)"'</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.xml-parser-pm">7.5 <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">intltool</tt>
says that I need XML::Parser. I have xml-parser-pm installed.</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.libiconv-gettext">7.6 I can't update <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">libiconv</tt>.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#usage-general"><b>8 Package
Usage Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#usage-general.xlocale">8.1 I'm
getting lots of messages like "locale not supported by C
library". Is that bad?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-general.passwd">8.2 There
are suddenly a number of strange users on my system, with
names like "mysql", "pgsql", and "games". Where did they come
from?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-general.compile-myself">8.3 How do I
compile something myself using Fink-installed
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
<a name="usage-fink.perl-undefined-symbol">
<div class="question"><p><b>Q5.21: Why do I get a bunch of "dyld: perl
undefined symbols" errors when
I run Fink commands?</b></p></div>
- <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you see an error sequence like the
following:</p><pre>dyld: perl Undefined symbols:
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> Obsolete</p><p>If you see an error sequence
like the following:</p><pre>dyld: perl Undefined symbols:
_Perl_safefree
_Perl_safemalloc
_Perl_saferealloc
@@ -893,6 +893,10 @@
<div class="question"><p><b>Q6.20: I get the following message: <q>configure:
error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool</q>. What do I do about
it?</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> You need to make sure that you have the right
variant of the xml-parser-pm package to match the Perl version for your system. For
example, if you're on Panther you should have <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">xml-parser-pm581</tt> rather than <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">xml-parser-pm560</tt> (you may also have the <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">xml-parser-pm</tt> placeholder), since you have <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">Perl-5.8.1</tt> rather than <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">Perl-5.6.0</tt>.</p></div>
</a>
+ <a name="comp-general.master-problems">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q6.21: I'm trying to download a package, but Fink
goes to some weird site with <q>distfiles</q> in its name, and the file isn't
there.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> What's happened here is that Fink is trying to
use one of it's so called <q>Master</q> mirrors. These were set up to makes sure that
sources for Fink packages are available even when the upstream site has moved them
around. Typically these errors occur when a new upstream version of a package is
released, but hasn't made it to the Master mirrors yet.</p><p>To remedy this, run <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">fink configure</tt> and set the search order to use
Master mirrors last.</p></div>
+ </a>
<h2><a name="comp-packages">7 Compile Problems - Specific Packages</a></h2>
@@ -965,6 +969,11 @@
<div class="question"><p><b>Q7.5: <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">intltool</tt> says that I need XML::Parser. I have xml-parser-pm
installed.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This most frequently happens on updates. You
need to make sure that you also have <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">xml-parser-pmXXX</tt> installed, where 'XXX" corresponds to the correct
version of Perl for your system, e.g. 560 for Jaguar's built in Perl, and 581 for
Panther's. </p></div>
</a>
+ <a name="comp-packages.libiconv-gettext">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q7.6: I can't update <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">libiconv</tt>.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you get errors of the
form:</p><pre>libtool: link: cannot find the library `/sw/lib/libiconv.la'</pre><p>you
can solve this problem by running</p><pre>fink remove gettext-dev
+fink install libiconv</pre></div>
+ </a>
<h2><a name="usage-general">8 Package Usage Problems - General</a></h2>
@@ -1347,7 +1356,7 @@
<a name="usage-packages.special-x11-debug">
<div class="question"><p><b>Q9.13: I'm still having problems with X11 and
Fink.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If the hints in the <a
href="#usage-packages.apples-x11-wants-xfree86">Fink tries to install XFree86</a> or
<a href="#usage-packages.wants-xfree86-on-upgrade">X11 and upgrade from 10.2</a>
entries don't help, or aren't applicable to your situtation, you may need to flush out
your X11 installation and remove any old placeholders and partially/fully installed
X11-related packages:</p><pre>sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86
system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43 \
-xfree86 xfree86-shilbs \
+xfree86 xfree86-shlibs \
xfree86-base xfree86-base-shlibs xfree86-rootless xfree86-rootless-shlibs \
xfree86-base-threaded xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs \
xfree86-rootless-threaded xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs
@@ -1368,4 +1377,4 @@
You may distribute this document in print for private purposes,
provided the document and this copyright notice remain complete and
unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
-requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr><p>Generated from <i>$Fink:
faq.en.xml,v 1.26 2004/06/15 00:27:55 michga Exp $</i></p></body></html>
+requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr><p>Generated from <i>$Fink:
faq.en.xml,v 1.27 2004/07/15 01:19:13 alexkhansen Exp $</i></p></body></html>
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