3) will save you from spending the time trying to build/install xfree86/xorg and not be able to install them.
The presence of system-xfree86-manual-install in the package list indicates that X11SDK isn't installed, or that a critical file got dropped by the installer during the install process. (Re)Install the X11SDK. Bill McNeill wrote: > Thanks. I did that and everything seemed to go okay. > > Next I decided to update all my packages (because that's what fink > selfupdate tells you to do at the end of its spew). I ran fink > update-all and saw the following: > > > $ sudo fink update-all > Scanning package description files.......... > Information about 2360 packages read in 1 seconds. > > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual > dependency. The candidates: > > (1) xfree86: Free X11 implementation > (2) xorg: Free X11 implementation > (3) system-xfree86-manual-install: Manually installed X11 components > > Pick one: [1] > > What is the right answer if I want to use Apple's X11? > > On 6/30/07, *Alexander Hansen* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Bill McNeill wrote: > > I had a brand new MacBook. I used fink to install a bunch of > software. I ended > > up with an Applications->XDarwin program. Later I went to the > Apple install > > disk and installed the X11User.pkg. I wish I had done this in > the opposite > > order because I'd prefer to use Apple's X11 code. > > > > Looking at Fink Commander, the x11, x11-dev, and x11-shlibs are > all installed > > virtual packages, but xfree86, xfree86-shlibs are non-virtual. > > > > I want to uninstall all X11 code installed by fink and fix > package dependencies > > so that they point at Apple's X11 code. How do I do this? > > > > Thanks. > > --bill > > > > > /Applications/XDarwin.app is the least of your worries. > > Installing Apple's X11 over a Fink X11 setup is generally not a good > idea. You're going to need to flush your X11 installation via the > command at the beginning of: > > > http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#special-x11-debug > > Also run "sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/X11Update2006.pkg" > > Then go ahead and reinstall X11User.pkg. You'll want X11SDK.pkg from > the Xcode Tools if you plan on doing any compiling of X11-based > programs. > > Unfortunately, almost everything that you've -built- with Fink > that uses > X11 will require rebuilding because of non-backwards-compatibility in > the libraries from Fink's xfree86 packages. Packages that were > installed via the binary distribution will be OK, as these were > built > on a system with Apple's X11 installed. > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > akh AT finkproject DOT org > Fink User Liaison and Documenter > > > > > -- > Bill McNeill > http://staff.washington.edu/billmcn/index.shtml -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
