On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:41:07AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear fink users, > > I have installed Apple's X11, but was unable to tell fink that it is > available. > > GSLC8|charles|$ sudo fink install system-xfree86 > Information about 2008 packages read in 3 seconds. > Failed: no package found for specification 'system-xfree86'! > > If I understand correctly, system-xfree86 is a virtual package > which sould automatically appear,
Exactly, it does "automatically appear", so you wouldn't need to manually install it. > but this is not the case in my hands, even after reisntallation of apple X11. > > Does anybody knows where is my mistake ? According to the FAQ item entitled: "What are all these system-* "virtual packages" that are sometimes present, but that I can't seem to install or remove myself?" system-xfree86 is so virtual that it magically "becomes installed" whenever the underlying software is present. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
