On Mon, 31 May 2004, Perry Wagle wrote:
(1) Why does Fink insist on installing its own version of XFree86 instead of using the native X11?
Fink is quite happy with Apple's X11 if you have that installed. The problem is that the X11 installer doesn't always install everything that it says it did and then Fink gets confused trying to find it. See <http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-general.php#x-options> and <http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php#apple-x11-wants-xfree86>.
(2) Why does FInk not install its own version of XFree86 in /sw instead of "corrupting" (or at least inextractably mixing itself with) my other version of X11?
For historical and technical reasons that I'm not clear on, X (whatever flavor) needs to go into /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11. It's one of the few packages in Fink that can't go inside /sw. So it's pretty much impossible to have both Apple's X11 and Xfree86 installed at the same time.
Do I now have to reinstall Panther to fix my native X11?
No, see Q9.11 in the Fink FAQ for how to get the native X11 running correctly after a conflict with Xfree86.
Hanspeter
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