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the change.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.seg-fault">5.26 I get
errors with <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">gzip</tt> | <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">dpkg-deb</tt>I
applications from the<tt style="white-space: nowrap;"> fileutils
</tt>package! Help!</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.pathsetup-keeps-running">5.27 When I open a Terminal window,
I get a message that "Your
environment seems to be correctly set up for Fink already.", and it
- logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.28 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.29 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.30 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.four-oh-three">5.31 I keep getting 403 errors when I use <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.32 I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6 Compile Problems -
General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1 A configure script
complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
+ logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.28 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.29 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.30 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.four-oh-three">5.31 I keep getting 403 errors when I use <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.32 I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.non-admin-installer">5.33 I can't
install Fink via the Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support
symlinks" errors.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6
Compile Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1
A configure script complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
What's that?</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.cvs">6.2 When I try a
"fink selfupdate-cvs" I get this message: "cvs:
Command not found."</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.missing-make">6.3 I'm getting an error message involving
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">make</tt>
</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.head">6.4 I'm getting a strange
usage message from the head command. What's
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
<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.libiconv-gettext">7.5 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
+ resolve dependency "cctools (>= 446-1)"'</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.libiconv-gettext">7.5 I can't update <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">libiconv</tt>.</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-packages.cplusplus-filt">7.6 i can't install <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">g77</tt> because <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">c++filt</tt> is missing. Where do I get it?</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
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
XDarwin.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-packages.gnome-two">9.9 I
upgraded from GNOME 1.x to GNOME 2.x and now
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">gnome-session</tt> won't open a
window manager.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-packages.apple-x11-no-windowbar">9.10 I upgraded to Apple's X11 in
Panther and now my window title bars
are missing.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-packages.apple-x11-wants-xfree86">9.11 I installed Apple's X11 but
Fink keeps asking to install
- XFree86 or X.org.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-packages.wants-xfree86-on-upgrade">9.12 I switched from the 10.2
Fink version to 10.2-gcc3.3 or 10.3, I have Apple's X11, and Fink asks me to
install XFree86 or X.org.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-packages.special-x11-debug">9.13 I'm still having problems with
X11 and Fink.</a></li></ul></li></ul><h2><a name="general">1 General
Questions</a></h2>
+ XFree86 or X.org.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-packages.wants-xfree86-on-upgrade">9.12 I switched from the 10.2
Fink version to 10.2-gcc3.3 or 10.3, I have Apple's X11, and Fink asks me to
install XFree86 or X.org.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-packages.special-x11-debug">9.13 I'm still having problems with
X11 and Fink.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-packages.tiger-gtk">9.14 After
updating to Tiger (OS 10.4), whenever I use a GTK app, I get errors involving
<tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">_EVP_idea_cbc</tt>.</a></li></ul></li></ul><h2><a name="general">1
General Questions</a></h2>
<a name="general.what">
@@ -669,15 +669,16 @@
<div class="question"><p><b>Q5.30: I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This error:</p><pre>Failed: Can't move
"/sw/fink" out of the way.</pre><p>is usually due, in spite of what it says, to
permissions errors in one of the temporary directories that get created during
a <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">selfupdate</tt>. Remove these:</p><pre>sudo
rm -rf /sw/fink.tmp /sw/fink.old</pre></div>
</a>
-<a name="usage-fink.four-oh-three"><div class="question"><p><b>Q5.31: I keep
getting 403 errors when I use <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary
menu.</b></p></div>
-<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> There have been problems with the Sourceforge
download servers, and therefore we are moving the binary distribution
repository for this very reason.</p><ul>
-<li>If you have the Developer Tools installed then install the latest version
of the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-mirrors</tt> package (>=
0.24.4.1), and then reinstall <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink</tt>,
either via:
+ <a name="usage-fink.four-oh-three">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.31: I keep getting 403 errors when I use
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> There have been problems with the
Sourceforge download servers, and therefore we are moving the binary
distribution repository for this very reason.</p><ul>
+ <li>If you have the Developer Tools installed then install the
latest version of the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-mirrors</tt>
package (>= 0.24.4.1), and then reinstall <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink</tt>, either via:
<pre>fink reinstall fink</pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre>sudo apt-get install --reinstall fink</pre>
<p>(if for whatever reason you don't want to use the source distribution).</p>
</li>
-<li>If you don't have the Developer Tools installed, then you'll have to set
things up manually. Edit your <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">sources.list</tt> file as root, e.g..via
+ <li>If you don't have the Developer Tools installed, then you'll
have to set things up manually. Edit your <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">sources.list</tt> file as root, e.g..via
<pre>sudo pico /sw/etc/apt/sources.list</pre>
<p>(use your favorite Unix-line-ending-compatible text editor). Change the
lines that start with "Official binary distribution:" thusly:</p>
<pre># Official binary distribution: download location for packages
@@ -689,15 +690,20 @@
deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist 10.3/current main crypto</pre>
<p>Then save your work and quit the editor. Now update your binary package
list again.</p>
</li>
-</ul></div></a>
-
-<a name="usage-fink.fc-cache">
-<div class="question"><p><b>Q5.32: I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</b></p></div>
-<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you see the following (so far only seen on
OS 10.4):</p><pre>No fonts found; this probably means that the fontconfig
+ </ul></div>
+ </a>
+ <a name="usage-fink.fc-cache">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.32: I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you see the following (so far only
seen on OS 10.4):</p><pre>No fonts found; this probably means that the
fontconfig
library is not correctly configured. You may need to
edit the fonts.conf configuration file. More information
about fontconfig can be found in the fontconfig(3) manual
-page and on http://fontconfig.org.</pre><p>then you can fix it by
running</p><pre>sudo fc-cache</pre></div></a>
+page and on http://fontconfig.org.</pre><p>then you can fix it by
running</p><pre>sudo fc-cache</pre></div>
+ </a>
+ <a name="usage-fink.non-admin-installer">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.33: I can't install Fink via the
Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support symlinks"
errors.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This message most commonly means that
you've tried to run the Fink installer as user who doesn't have administrative
privileges. Make sure to log in at the login screen as such a user or switch
to such a user in the Finder (i.e. fast user switching) before starting the
Fink installer.</p></div>
+ </a>
<h2><a name="comp-general">6 Compile Problems - General</a></h2>
@@ -1034,6 +1040,15 @@
<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>
+ <a name="comp-packages.cplusplus-filt">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q7.6: i can't install <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">g77</tt> because <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">c++filt</tt> is missing. Where do I get it?</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you get errors of the form
</p><pre>xgcc: installation problem, cannot exec `c++filt': No such file or
directory</pre><p>since updating to Tiger, then you need to do the
following:</p><ul>
+ <li>Flush out your old Developer Tools versions via running
<pre>/Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl</pre>in a terminal. Then install
XCode (2.0 or later).<p></p></li>
+ <li>Reinstall <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">BSD.pkg</tt> (from
the Tiger system installation). If <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">/usr/bin/c++filt</tt> doesn't appear, keep trying.</li>
+ </ul><p>
+1) Flush out your old
+2) Reinstall BSD.pkg (from your main OS install)</p></div>
+ </a>
<h2><a name="usage-general">8 Package Usage Problems - General</a></h2>
@@ -1447,10 +1462,15 @@
</li>
</ul></div>
</a>
+ <a name="usage-packages.tiger-gtk">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q9.14: After updating to Tiger (OS 10.4),
whenever I use a GTK app, I get errors involving <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">_EVP_idea_cbc</tt>.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This is caused by an apparent bug in
Tiger's dynamic linker (current as of 10.4.1). You can work around this via
prefixing the the name of you want as follows:
+</p><pre>env DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=: </pre><p>E.g., if you want to use
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">gnucash</tt>, you'd use</p><pre>env
DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=: gnucash</pre><p>This method works for applications
that are launched via the Application Menu in Apple's X11 as well as a
terminal.</p></div>
+ </a>
<hr><h2>Copyright Notice</h2><p>Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer,
Copyright (c) 2001-2005 The Fink Project.
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>
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Exp $</i></p></body></html>
+<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.50 2005/06/21 23:11:47 alexkhansen
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
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