On Mar 15, 2004, at 6:33 PM, Brett Duncan wrote:
Alexander K Hansen told Romeyn Prescott...
Or run
dpkg -l "*xfree86*"
and since Romeyn's problem looked much like one I'm having, I did the same and got...
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half- installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============- ============================================
in system-xfree86 4.2-13 (no description available)
pn system-xfree86 <none> (no description available)
iHR system-xfree86 4.3-3
pn system-xfree86 <none> (no description available)
iHR xfree86 4.3.0-2
pn xfree86-base <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-base-s <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-base-t <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-base-t <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootle <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-shlibs <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-upgrad <none> (no description available)
and now I'm worried - this looks to be one rather sorry mess. If I run...
fink list -i xfree
I get...
i system-xfree86 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11]
i system-xfree... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11 developme...
i system-xfree... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user installed x11 shared li...
and FinkCommander doesn't think I have anything installed!
So, can anyone tell me how I clean this mess up?
TIA
Brett --
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"fink list" doesn't see them because they're not completely installed, according to dpkg.
I'd say your best bet is to:
1) Clear out Apple's X11--but since you have a working setup according to the presence of the virtual packages, don't delete it but rename it:
sudo mv /etc/X11 /etc/X11.bak sudo mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6.bak
2) clear out the stray packages:
dpkg --purge --force-depends xfree86 system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43
3) Put Apple's X11 back:
sudo mv /etc/X11.bak /etc/X11 sudo mv /usr/X11R6.bak /usr/X11R6
(or use the Installer files, if you prefer)
4) Make sure you have system-xfree86, system-xfree86-shlibs and system-xfree86-dev
- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documentarian Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
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