It's not too terrible 1) Forcibly remove system-xfree86:
sudo dpkg -r --force-depends system-xfree86 2) Move /usr/X11R6, /Applications/XDarwin.app, and /etc/X11 (if present) out of the way 3) Install the fink packages. On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 11:42, Ross Smith wrote: > Very many months ago I installed fink and xfree86 as separate packages. > This has worked reasonably until now, but I'm tired of trying to > maintain the packages separately and would like to have everything > managed by fink. > > I assumed that the thing to do would simply be to "fink remove > system-xfree86", then to install the base and rootless packages after > moving the working (but older) X11 directories out of the way. > > This does not work, at least in the manner I tried. fink sees many > dependancies on the existing xfree86 stuff and refuses to remove the > package. And it will not install the regular xfree86 stuff over the > top of system-xfree86. Ouch! > > Is there a procedure to get rid of it so that the new stuff can get > installed? > > Thanks! > > +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ > Ross Smith, NYUSoM (MSB 609), 550 First Ave, NYC, NY 10016 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (212) 263-5356, FAX: (212) 263-8139 > URL: http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/P.Smith.html > PGP Fpt: 1FB0 4C82 E8C7 6F29 A409 80D1 285D 2717 E8CB EC81 > +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: DEDICATED SERVERS only $89! > Linux or FreeBSD, FREE setup, FAST network. Get your own server > today at http://www.ServePath.com/indexfm.htm > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: DEDICATED SERVERS only $89! Linux or FreeBSD, FREE setup, FAST network. Get your own server today at http://www.ServePath.com/indexfm.htm _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
