On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Ross Plotner wrote:
Alexander Hansen wrote:
I don't even remember that. :-)
What OS version are you on? (always a good piece of information to
provide)
And what are you attempting to do? (also a good idea)
It sounds like (if you're on a contemporary OS version) you're
trying to replace Apple's X11 with a fink xfree86 package. If
that's so, then this error means you need to remove /etc/X11 ; e.g.
via
sudo rm -rf /etc/X11
Alexander K. Hansen
akh AT finkproject DOT org
Fink User Liaison and Documenter
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm running OS X Panther 10.39. Now I'm
getting the following:
The following package will be installed or updated:
xfree86
dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-
system/xfree86_4.5.0-14_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 42301 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace xfree86 4.5.0-14 (using .../
xfree86_4.5.0-14_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
WARNING: if you compile X11 applications against this XFree86 release,
you will *not* be able to run them if you decide to revert to Apple's
X11 provided with the OS.
Unpacking replacement xfree86 ...
Setting up xfree86 (4.5.0-14) ...
dyld: /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache can't open library: /usr/X11R6/lib/
libexpat.0.dylib (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
/sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/xfree86.postinst: line 23: 706 Trace/BPT
trap /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache
dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 133
Errors were encountered while processing:
xfree86
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package xfree86-4.5.0-14
I also tried moving /etc/X11 to /etc/X11_away and creating a
symbolic link called /etc/X11 to the new directory but got the same
error messages above. Any more ideas?
Thanks,
Ross
Get rid of the symbolic link you installed and install the expat-
shlibs package. That's what's provides the missing library.
Alexander K. Hansen
akh AT finkproject DOT org
Fink User Liaison and Documenter
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