On 19/4/02 3:29 PM, "Stephen Keate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Earlier on, while looking around on my system, I noticed during an > apt-cache search, that there was a package called system-xtools. Being a > fan of xtools, I decided to replace the system-xfree86 with > system-xtools. Assuming foolishly that it would actually *improve* my > system to have the correct package installed. At this point in time, did you have Xtools installed? > Unfortunately, as is often the case with fink packages, system-xtools is > broken, and does this when I attempt to install it... > > Your Xtools installation is incomplete. The following files are missing: > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.dylib /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.dylib > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h > You may have to reinstall Xtools. If you don't have Xtools installed, then the package isn't going to work, because the necessary files are missing, right? > I decided to try reinstalling system-xfree86, but this happened... Have a look at the following commands: 'fink info system-xfree86' 'fink info system-xtools' They should provide all the information you need about the packages. You only need to install system-xtools if you have a prior installation of Xtools. You only need to install system-xfree86 if you have a manual installation of XFree86 (not through Fink). > It looks like you have Xtools installed, not XFree86. You should install > the system-xtools package instead. There are some subtle differences > between the two. If you installed XFree86 on top of Xtools, you may want > to wipe it out and do a clean install of XFree86 to avoid some potential > problems. > > So I decided to delete xtools, so that I could install system-xfree86, > and then install xtools afterwards and return my sytstem to the useful > and working state it was at before I stupidly tried to fix something > that didn't seem to be even faintly broken. > > Unfortunately, xfree86 keeps harping on about xtools being installed > even though I've deleted it, and whenever I try to install an > application that depends on x11, apt complains that x11 isn't installed. > Can someone please tell me how to show apt that xtools is *NOT* > installed, so that I can then install system-xfree86, then install > xtools again so that I can actually start using my computer again. I > don't want to have to re-install my whole system if I can possibly help > it. *sigh* ... The easiest way to clean up the mess is just remove /usr/X11R6 as root... Then you can just re-install XFree86 from Fink, and it should be fixed... _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
