Anyway, some of you had advised removing the X11 installation (apparently a combination of Apple's and Finks). I did that and reinstalled Apple's X11.
I then attempted to remove fink completely and reinstall. That too seems to have gone well.
Now, I'm just trying to get tetex installed so I can do latex. Ideally, I want latex on my Mac, not through an Xterm to a Linux box where I also have it installed (however, I'm still not convinced that this is do-able with Fink).
Yeah, I likely erred earlier today and attempted to install Fink's X11 (again). Noting the earlier apt-get sequence, I didn't follow through with it. Thus, I'm not going to remove anything, since the X11 installation *should* be Apple's.
Hmm, I think I might have removed /etc/X11 during the attempt at Fink X11 installation, so I think I'm screwed once again with this whole process. Who knows.
Anyway, I'm now attempting to install TETEX from fink (I've recently given up on fink commander for now...).
There are a ton of libraries coming in and it's going to be a while. I may leave it for the night and come back in the morning. I'm sure it won't install without my help, but... I'm tired of dicking around with Fink this week.
Sorry, but I'm VERY frustrated by this whole process and clearly it's not been pleasant. I hope this is all worth the trouble, cause xterm to Linux is looking much better right now than this.
Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
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.
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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