OK, this is good: the packages are built but not installed. Try running
dpkg -l "*xfree86*" to see if you have any half-installed bits of XFree86 installed by some chance.
% dpkg -l "*xfree86*"
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
+++-======================================-======================================-============================================================================================
un system-xfree86 <none> (no description available)
in xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 (no description available)
in xfree86-base <none> (no description available)
in xfree86-base-shlibs <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-base-threaded <none> (no description available)
pn xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless-shlibs <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless-threaded <none> (no description available)
un xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs <none> (no description available)
in xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 (no description available)
Now?
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which isn't installed.
What is next?
Nothing from this: these are completely obsolete packages that no longer exist.
Shouldn't the FAQ be updated?
Thanks David
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