system-xfree86 is a virtual package, so there's nothing to install.
http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php#apple-x11-wants- xfree86
On Jul 16, 2004, at 3:05 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
I apologize if this question has been brought up but I have been having this problem for quite sometime now and I haven't been able to find an answer to this. First of all, this problem only arises when using fink and not apt. With apt everything works fine. However, when using fink I always have trouble during the end of the compilation process. For example, when putting the command fink install xchat fink goes about and compiles all the necessary files however I get this error message. From what I can decipher, it seems that fink does not recognize my system-xfree86 package but when I try to fink install fink tells me that there is no package to install. Doing a fink list shows me that I have the most current package of system-xfree86. Any help or comment is appreciated,
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dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ xfree86_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- shlibs_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 33644 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../xfree86_4.4.0-1_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 Panther.
You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and/or /etc/X11.
This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to
install xfree86 again. (The package won't be recompiled.) If you want
to keep your X11 installation, install system-xfree86 resp. system-xtools
instead to make this known to Fink's package system.
Press Return to continue.
dpkg: error processing
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ xfree86_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from
.../xfree86-shlibs_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6/lib. This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to install xfree86-shlibs again. (The package won't be recompiled.)
Press Return to continue.
dpkg: error processing
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- shlibs_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ xfree86_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- shlibs_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages:
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ xfree86_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- shlibs_4.4.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
..."
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