BTW, thanks so mcuh for this site, it's been invaluable. I am not completely there but I'm definitely on the road, things are progressing. (compiling)
On 1/14/04 6:19 AM this was written: > I would recommend you check out this page, as it outlines the common > problems associated with upgrading fink as they relate to x11. > > http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/fink/finpan.html > > Sean > > > On 1/14/04 1:58 AM, "Martin Costabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thomas Deliduka wrote: >> >>> Thanks, now I'm getting this: >>> >>> It first lists all the packages and says that system-xfree86 will be >>> removed. Then I have the rest here (notice it says it ignored a request to >>> remove system-xfree86 because it's not installed, one part of the system >>> thinks it's in, another thinks it's not): >>> >>> 0 packages upgraded, 193 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >>> Need to get 0B/199MB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. >>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y >>> dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't >>> installed. >>> Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-shlibs. >> >> Stop right there. Under no circumstances you should allow that it tries >> to install xfree86-shlibs (unless, of course, you wnat to give up your >> Apple X11 installation and install a fink-built xfree86). I cannot guess >> now why it wants to install it, but you have to find out this out first. >> As long as it wants to install this, you won't get any further. >> >> You can do "sudo apt-get upgrade -u" so that it shows you the list of >> pacakges it wants to install, then install them one by one until you >> find the one that wants to pull in xfree86-shlibs. If you really have >> the two Apple X11 packages installed and your distribution is set to >> 10.3, then *no* package has the right to do this. >> >> -- >> Martin >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. >> Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering >> advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. >> Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-beginners mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners >> Regards, Thomas Deliduka The Crazy Duke - - - ------------------------------------------ "Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it." ~St. Augustine - - - ------------------------------------------ ------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webcam.fromtheduke.com:2525/ AIM: Tomnibus Family Pics: http://www.fromtheduke.com/ ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
