Fixed apparently on just trying again (and reinstalling xcode also just
because), as that webpage suggests might happen - sorry about that! Other
problems but they don't fall under the category of "x11 missing" anymore and
apparently some things are compiling, which was not the case earlier. Much
appreciated!
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Eric <eric.schis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> After "forget"ting, installing X11 from the installer on the CD, and
> running fink selfupdate, I receive the message
> WARNING: you have an incomplete X11 installation.
> See http://finkproject.org/faq/usage-packages.php#special-x11-debug for
> details on repairing it.
>
> The webpage (and the other which it first refers me to) may help but seem
> 10.4/5-specific - possibly still compatible with 10.6 for all I know. As to
> X11SDK, though, I am able to find that package in the Terminal using the
> instructions you give here, but not in the Finder- no option to show hidden
> folders seems to exist anywhere. I don't know how to decompress, open and
> execute a package and its contents in the Terminal yet, or I don't think I
> do... (fink X11SDK?)
> Thanks again, this now feels almost done somehow.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Laine Lee <laine....@utsa.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 9/28/09 11:46 AM, "Alexander Hansen" <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> > Hash: SHA1
>> >
>> >
>> > Eric wrote:
>> >> Ah. It says that libX11.6.dylib is missing- I can send a dump
>> >> of fink-virtual-pkgs --debug to the list, but it is indeed quite long
>> >> and I don't know how much of it is relevant if anything else is. (Is
>> >> this file easy to recover from my install disc?) Thanks again!-
>> >> Eric
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > A missing libX11.6.dylib is a non-starter, so we don't need any more
>> > information.
>> >
>> > I don't remember for sure where it lives, but you should be able to find
>> > the X11 installer (X11User) somewhere on your Snow Leopard media. You
>> > probably should run
>> >
>> > sudo pkgutil --forget com.apple.pkg.X11User
>> >
>> > just before you do the install to make sure that Apple's installer has
>> > forgotten that you ever had X11 installed.
>> >
>>
>> It's in
>> "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/X11User.pkg".
>>
>> You might be able to just use Optional Installs.mpkg in the Optional
>> Installs folder and just select X11 from the list when running the
>> installer.
>>
>> There's also
>> "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/Optional
>> Installs.localized/Packages/X11SDK.pkg"
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Laine Lee
>>
>>
>>
>
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