OK, Martin, I will revisit that and install both tomorrow and let you know how it turns out..hopefully my next post will be as an actual Scribus user!
Thank you for the help! J On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:01:29 +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: > zee wrote: >> Martin; >> I appreciate that, and I will get back with specifics..wrapping up >> some video work this aft, but tomorrow I'll get back into it. >> >> What I remember is this, tho..Fink cooks away on the install for >> awhile, then comes up with something like: Installer refuses to >> overwrite X11. Either remove it or install xFree86. > > This is a Fink FAQ #9.11 > http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple-x11-wants-xfree86 > > It means that Fink is not convinced that your X11 installation is > complete and builds its own xfree86 packages instead. The usual cause > is that you didn't install the X11SDK.pkg which is an optional > installation that comes with the Xcode dev tools. >> >> I have tried the suggestion of re-installing X11 on the grounds that >> sometimes that installer misses a component on install, which could >> be producing Fink's complaint, but that hasn't worked. > > Yes, the installer does this occasionally. So far, I haven't heard > from anyone for whom the reinstallation of *both* packages > X11User.pkg and X11SDK.pkg, the latter one perhaps two or three > times, hasn't helped. > > If it doesn't for you, there exist diagnostic tools that can help > narrowing down the problem. Usually it's a missing header file or > two, or an old version of something that didn't get updated. > > -- > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
