You don't have the xfree86-server installed! You probably have a manually installed version of XDarwin. You'll need to manually remove it before installing the fink xfree86-rootless package.
-Jeff On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Fernando Pereira wrote: > At 6:46 AM -0700 2/16/02, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > >Fernando: Try "fink remove xfree86-server" and then "fink install > >xfree86-rootless". > > Thanks, but it doesn't work: > > % sudo fink remove xfree86-server > Password: > Reading package info... > Information about 330 packages read in 4 seconds. > dpkg --remove xfree86-server > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove xfree86-server which isn't > installed. > % sudo fink install xfree86-rootless > Reading package info... > Information about 330 packages read in 7 seconds. > dpkg -i > >/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless_4.2.0-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 22358 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking xfree86-rootless (from > .../xfree86-rootless_4.2.0-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > > You have an existing X server installation in /usr/X11R6 and /Applications. > This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to > install xfree86-rootless again. > > Press Return to continue. > > dpkg: error processing > >/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless_4.2.0-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > (--install): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > >/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-rootless_4.2.0-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > ### dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package xfree86-rootless-4.2.0-2 > > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/CDC R/CDC1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Web : www.cdc.noaa.gov/~jsw Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
