Been searching around for a fix for this for some time, no one else seems to be having the same problem.
I have installed Apple's X11, and used it successfully, previously, with fink. However, after a recent reformat, despite fink showing the placeholder system-xfree86 etc is installed, when I try to install something that requires x11, fink lists x11 as a needed dependancy, and tries to download and install it. Finally, I get this:
"You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6/lib. This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to install xfree86-shlibs again. (The package won't be recompiled)"
Yet, when I check my installs and try to do what they suggest:
[TheVoid:~] thatoldf% fink apropos system-xfree86
Information about 1253 packages read in 2 seconds.
i system-xfree86 2:4.3-1 [placeholder for user installed x11]
i system-xfree86- 2:4.3-1 [placeholder for user installed x11 share...
[TheVoid:~] thatoldf% fink install system-xfree86
/usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/fink install system-xfree86
Password:
Information about 1253 packages read in 1 seconds.
No packages to install.
wtf? Any ideas? This has been a problem for several months now, and even drove me so far as to install Yellow Dog Linux on my powerbook, so I could use the linux apps i needed to.
My specs are: os 10.3.2, latest fink (both binary installation and source compiling tried), updated through rsync, using the unstable tree, with xtools 1.1 and Apple X11 installed.
Help would be appreciated!
-T...
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