On Saturday 02 February 2008 05:28:40 pm Peter Hindrichs wrote: > Ok here is what I have done, I ran "sudo apt-get update" with the > following result: > > > Darwin! > Freedom:~ peterhin$ sudo apt-get update > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Release > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Release > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Release > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Release > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > Freedom:~ peterhin$ sudo apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > xfree86: Conflicts: xfree86-base-threaded > Conflicts: system-xfree86 but 2:4.5-2 is installed > xfree86-shlibs: Conflicts: xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs > Conflicts: system-xfree86 but 2:4.5-2 is installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. > > Freedom:~ peterhin$ sudo apt-get -f install > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > system-xfree86 system-xfree86-shlibs > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 16 not > upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B 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. > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-shlibs > which isn't installed. > Setting up xfree86 (4.5.0-1024) ... > /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/xfree86.postinst: line 23: 18570 Segmentation > fault /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 > Errors were encountered while processing: > xfree86 > E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Freedom:~ peterhin$ > > Now I was wondering what I have done wrong or missed when I installed > "Fink". Could this be why I am getting the error message that I > mentioned when I run "mtr".? > How can I fix this problem, I have read through the help section and > documentation, yet clearly I am missing something here. I think I am > in over my head here, so any help would be appreciated. > > > Peter (Retired) > >
Well, first of all, you shouldn't use apt-get to install anything from Fink's unstable trees, since we don't build binaries of them--unless you have included an unofficial unstable binary distribution in the /sw/etc/apt/sources.list file. Assuming you have a new enough fink package manager, you can turn on the unstable tree by running "fink configure". If not, check out http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable The messages you're getting suggest that you have Apple's X11 installed. We have to have a virtual package placeholder to indicate its presence. I'm very surprised that Fink's xfree86 was able to overwrite it--we've tried to have fink's xfree86 and xorg packages bomb out if they detect another X11 installation. I hate to say it, but I think you had better run the commands listed after the first paragraph of http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-packages.php#special-x11-debug and reinstall Apple's X11 (both the X11User and X11SDK packages) to make sure that your X11 setup is in a sane state. I don't think any of this had anything to do with the error messages, though. I suspect that as Martin said the older version griped because the authors hadn't intended it to be used on anything but Linux. -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
