On Friday 27 September 2002 03:17 pm, Charles McCallum wrote: > Hi, this is probably a really dumb question, but where do the XDarwin* > server(s) that should be in /usr/X11R6/bin/ > come from? Mine are not there, and obviously I need them. I used fink > to install the XFree stuffs. Here is what fink says: > > localhost [/] fink apropos XFree > Information about 1495 packages read in 2 seconds. > > system-xfree86 4.2-1 Placeholder package for manually > installe... > i xfree86-base 4.2.0.1-2 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-base-th 4.2.0.1-2 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-rootles 4.2.0.1-2 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and... > xfree86-rootles 4.2.0.1-2 XFree86 libraries, utilities, > clients and...
Here's the answer: if you have installed xfree86-base, then xfree86-rootless is the server package you want. system-xfree86 is a placeholder package whose purpose is so that people who install XFree86 directly from source can install programs within fink that require X (this issimilar to all the 'system-*' packages in fink). > > > Something funny is going on, though, as when I run 'fink describe > system-xfree86', it says it isn't installed. > > As a side question, is it possible/advisable to run oroborusOSX with > the fink-installed X stuffs? OroborOSX and fink-installed XFree86 get along just fine. You will need to install xfree86-rootless, even though the OroborOSX description makes it sound like you don't. > > Cheers, > > Mike -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
