On Apr 2, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Peter DePasquale wrote:
It must be me.... I don't know.Did you say you _reinstalled_ Apple's X11 and then reinstalled Fink? If that's the case then this is the expected behavior--Fink isn't supposed to overwrite files that it isn't responsible for. You have to remove manually /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6.
I removed /sw and fink commander from my system. I did this following the reinstallation of Apple's X11 packages.
I then redownloaded fink and did the following sequence.
I'm really not sure what I should do with respect to the x11 installation (recall that I'm trying to get tetex installed on a Pather system - G5 Dual processors).
TCNJ-97-131:~ depasqua$ sudo fink scanpackages; fink index
Password:
Information about 1116 packages read in 1 seconds.
mkdir -p dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc
dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override | gzip >dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
mkdir -p dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc
dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override | gzip >dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
mkdir -p dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc
dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc override | gzip >dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
mkdir -p dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc
dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc override | gzip >dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
sudo /sw/bin/fink index
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
TCNJ-97-131:~ depasqua$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install fink
Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Packages [219kB]
Get:2 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Release [85B]
Get:3 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/crypto Packages [27.9kB]
Get:4 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/crypto Release [87B]
Get:5 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main Packages [855B]
Get:6 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main Release [93B]
Get:7 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/crypto Packages [888B]
Get:8 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/crypto Release [95B]
Fetched 248kB in 4s (59.6kB/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 217kB of archives. After unpacking 927MB will be used.
Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main fink 0.18.3-1 [217kB]
Fetched 217kB in 3s (66.4kB/s)
(Reading database ... 3927 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace fink 0.16.2-1 (using .../fink_0.18.3-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fink ...
Setting up fink (0.18.3-1) ...
Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin7.3.0
This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made, but
should work.
ln -s 10.3 /sw/fink/dists
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
TCNJ-97-131:~ depasqua$ sudo apt-get install xfree86-shlibs xfree86
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
system-xfree86 system-xfree86-shlibs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 51.6MB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 [2789kB]
Get:2 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 [48.8MB]
Fetched 51.6MB in 14m29s (59.3kB/s)
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-shlibs which isn't installed.
Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-shlibs.
(Reading database ... 3913 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from .../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6/lib. This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to install xfree86-shlibs again. (The package won't be recompiled.)
Press Return to continue.
Is there some kind of HOW TO guide I should be following?
If you didn't reinstall Apple's X11 you may have some residual files that are preventing XFree86 from installing, and you need to remove /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6.
In either case, run
sudo rm -rf /etc/X11 /usr/X11R6
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