Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-27 Thread david bonde 
At 00.07 +0200 04-07-27, Martin Costabel wrote/04-07-27, 00.07 +0200 
skrev Martin Costabel

Yes, Alex found it odd, too. You could run fink-virtual-pkgs and 
then look at the paragraph talking about system-xfree86-dev, in 
particular the provides line. Mine says

provides: x11-dev, libgl-dev, xft2-dev, fontconfig1-dev
Yours certainly doesn't say x11-dev, but it would be interesting 
to see which one of the others is there.
Package: system-xfree86-dev
Status: install ok installed
Version: 2:4.3-2
provides: x11-dev, libgl-dev, xft2-dev, fontconfig1-dev
description: [placeholder for user installed x11 development tools]
builddependsonly: true
(but now I have installed X11 SDK)
Is the case closed or do you need some more information? After all 
your efforts I would be very pleased to maybe help you to find a 
bug:-)

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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-27 Thread Martin Costabel 
[]
Package: system-xfree86-dev
Status: install ok installed
Version: 2:4.3-2
provides: x11-dev, libgl-dev, xft2-dev, fontconfig1-dev
description: [placeholder for user installed x11 development tools]
builddependsonly: true
(but now I have installed X11 SDK)
Is the case closed or do you need some more information? After all your 
efforts I would be very pleased to maybe help you to find a bug:-)
Too late, you have now covered your tracks :-)
We'll have to wait for the next guy falling into the same hole.
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread david bonde 
At 18.40 -0400 04-07-25, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-25, 18.40 
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

OK, this is good:  the packages are built but not installed.  Try running
dpkg -l *xfree86* to see if you have any half-installed bits of 
XFree86 installed by some chance.
% dpkg -l *xfree86*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name   Version 
Description
+++-==-==-
un  system-xfree86 none 
(no description available)
in  xfree864.3.99.16-2 
(no description available)
in  xfree86-base   none 
(no description available)
in  xfree86-base-shlibsnone 
(no description available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded  none 
(no description available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs   none 
(no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless   none 
(no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless-shlibsnone 
(no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded  none 
(no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs   none 
(no description available)
in  xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 
(no description available)

Now?
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which 
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which 
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which 
isn't installed.

What is next?
Nothing from this:  these are completely obsolete packages that no 
longer exist.

Shouldn't the FAQ be updated?
Thanks
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread Alexander K. Hansen 
On Jul 26, 2004, at 2:33 AM, david bonde wrote:
At 18.40 -0400 04-07-25, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-25, 18.40  
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

OK, this is good:  the packages are built but not installed.  Try  
running

dpkg -l *xfree86* to see if you have any half-installed bits of  
XFree86 installed by some chance.
% dpkg -l *xfree86*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|  
Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half- 
installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:  
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name   Version Description
+++-==- 
==- 
=== 
=
un  system-xfree86 none (no description  
available)
in  xfree864.3.99.16-2 (no description  
available)
in  xfree86-base   none (no description  
available)
in  xfree86-base-shlibsnone (no description  
available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded  none (no description  
available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs   none (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless   none (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless-shlibsnone (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded  none (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs   none (no description  
available)
in  xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 (no description  
available)

Now?
Ah--you don't have any stray packages installed, which is good, but  
xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs are now marked to be installed.  The easiest  
way to do this is to use the dselect command (sudo dselect actually)  
to change the status.

% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42  
system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which  
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which  
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which  
isn't installed.

What is next?
Nothing from this:  these are completely obsolete packages that no  
longer exist.

Shouldn't the FAQ be updated?
Not really--the whole reason that this entry exists is for users who  
haven't updated their systems in a while, and still have the old  
packages.

Thanks
David
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread david bonde 
At 08.26 -0400 04-07-26, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-26, 08.26 
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

% dpkg -l *xfree86*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name   Version Description
+++-==-==-
un  system-xfree86 none (no description available)
in  xfree864.3.99.16-2 (no 
description available)
in  xfree86-base   none (no description available)
in  xfree86-base-shlibsnone (no description available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded  none (no description available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs   none (no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless   none (no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless-shlibsnone (no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded  none (no description available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs   none (no description available)
in  xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 (no 
description available)

Now?
Ah--you don't have any stray packages installed, which is good, but 
xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs are now marked to be installed.  The 
easiest way to do this is to use the dselect command (sudo dselect 
actually) to change the status.
I tried dselect. This is how the x11-section looked:
qqq Available Unclassified packages in section x11-system qqq
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86  4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
  ** ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  ** ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86-shli 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X

and now it looks like this:
qqq Available packages (not currently installed) qqq
qqq Available Unclassified packages in section x11-system qqq
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86  4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X 
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data  
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 
libraries, utilities, clients and data  
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86-shli 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X

However:
% fink install ghostscript
/usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/fink  install ghostscript
Information about 1722 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
 ghostscript
The following 2 additional packages will be installed:
 xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 10225 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_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/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
(--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from 
.../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_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

Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread Alexander K. Hansen 
On Jul 26, 2004, at 11:45 AM, david bonde wrote:
At 08.26 -0400 04-07-26, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-26, 08.26  
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

% dpkg -l *xfree86*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|  
Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half- 
installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:  
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name   Version Description
+++-==- 
==- 
= 
===
un  system-xfree86 none (no description  
available)
in  xfree864.3.99.16-2 (no  
description available)
in  xfree86-base   none (no description  
available)
in  xfree86-base-shlibsnone (no description  
available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded  none (no description  
available)
pn  xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs   none (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless   none (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless-shlibsnone (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded  none (no description  
available)
un  xfree86-rootless-threaded-shlibs   none (no description  
available)
in  xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 (no  
description available)

Now?
Ah--you don't have any stray packages installed, which is good, but  
xfree86 and xfree86-shlibs are now marked to be installed.  The  
easiest way to do this is to use the dselect command (sudo dselect  
actually) to change the status.
I tried dselect. This is how the x11-section looked:
qqq Available Unclassified packages in section x11-system  
qqq
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86  4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11  
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
  ** ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86  
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  ** ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86  
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86  
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86  
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86-shli 4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11  
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X

and now it looks like this:
qqq Available packages (not currently installed) qqq
qqq Available Unclassified packages in section x11-system  
qqq
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86  4.3.99.16-2 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11  
implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X   -- ?   x11-syst  
xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 libraries, utilities,  
clients and data
  -- ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86  
libraries, utilities, clients and data
  __ ?   x11-syst xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86  
libraries, utilities, clients and data__ ?   x11-syst  
xfree86-base none  4.2.1.1-16  XFree86 libraries, utilities,  
clients and data-- ?   x11-syst xfree86-shli 4.3.99.16-2  
4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X

However:
% fink install ghostscript
/usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/fink  install ghostscript
Information about 1722 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
 ghostscript
The following 2 additional packages will be installed:
 xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- 
shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 10225 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_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/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from  
.../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_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:

Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread Alexander K. Hansen 
On Jul 26, 2004, at 12:40 PM, david bonde wrote:
At 12.03 -0400 04-07-26, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-26, 12.03 
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

And you do have system-xfree86-dev.  This is mysterious to me.
I do? How can I see that?
Can I do something to save my fink-installation or should I remove the 
whole /sw directory?

David
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Run fink list -i system-xfree86.  I could have sworn you posted an 
earlier message showing that you had system-xfree86-dev.

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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread Martin Costabel 
Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
On Jul 26, 2004, at 12:40 PM, david bonde wrote:
At 12.03 -0400 04-07-26, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-26, 12.03 
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

And you do have system-xfree86-dev.  This is mysterious to me.

I do? How can I see that?
Can I do something to save my fink-installation or should I remove the 
whole /sw directory?
Last time we had such a persistent case, there was still some file from 
the X11SDK.pkg missing, although this package had been reinstalled 
twice. The third time it worked.

The missing file was /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h. Do you have this 
file, David?

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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread david bonde 
At 13.09 -0400 04-07-26, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-26, 13.09 
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

Run fink list -i system-xfree86.  I could have sworn you posted an 
earlier message showing that you had system-xfree86-dev.
% fink list -i system-xfree86
Information about 1722 packages read in 11 seconds.
 i   system-xfree862:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11]
 i   system-xfree86-dev2:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11 development tools]
 i   system-xfree86-sh...  2:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11 shared libraries]

I think you are right...
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread david bonde 
At 20.12 +0200 04-07-26, Martin Costabel wrote/04-07-26, 20.12 +0200 
skrev Martin Costabel

Last time we had such a persistent case, there was still some file 
from the X11SDK.pkg missing, although this package had been 
reinstalled twice. The third time it worked.

The missing file was /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h. Do you have this 
file, David?
You were more than right, for some reason I didn't have X11 SDk 
installed. Should I have realized that from the error messages I got 
before?

Before I installed the SDK I run:
% fink list -i system-xfree86
Information about 1722 packages read in 11 seconds.
 i   system-xfree862:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11]
 i   system-xfree86-dev2:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11 development tools]
 i   system-xfree86-sh...  2:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11 shared libraries]

Isn't that odd if I don't have the SDK installed?
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-26 Thread Martin Costabel 
david bonde wrote:
[]
 i   system-xfree86-dev2:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11 development tools]
 i   system-xfree86-sh...  2:4.3-2  [placeholder for user 
installed x11 shared libraries]

Isn't that odd if I don't have the SDK installed?
Yes, Alex found it odd, too. You could run fink-virtual-pkgs and then 
look at the paragraph talking about system-xfree86-dev, in particular 
the provides line. Mine says

provides: x11-dev, libgl-dev, xft2-dev, fontconfig1-dev
Yours certainly doesn't say x11-dev, but it would be interesting to 
see which one of the others is there.

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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-25 Thread david bonde 
At 09.33 -0400 04-07-20, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-20, 09.33 
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

Thanks for your answer. I have made some progress but is not done yet.
Can you quote from further back in the error message?   This isn't 
very helpful--this could be the error from having an externally 
installed X11 (e.g. Apple's) or when you try to switch from Fink's 
XFree86-4.2.x to 4.3.x or later.
Here is the complete output of my attempt to install ghostscript:
% sudo fink install ghostscript
Information about 1722 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
 ghostscript
The following 2 additional packages will be installed:
 xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 10190 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_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/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
(--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from 
.../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_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/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
(--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
 /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages: 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb


You never mentioned your OS version, your Fink version, whether you 
have another X11 version installed
Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple's X11
% fink -V
Package manager version: 0.20.5
Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs
Clearly, you don't have the system-xfree86 virtual packages.  What 
version of Fink do you have (run fink --version)?  If you are on 
an old version the system-xfree86 virtual packages won't get 
generated.

But this does not look right:
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which 
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which 
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which 
isn't installed.

This is entirely correct--you don't have those packages, so dpkg 
can't remove them.
Now fink selfupdate and update-all works. Also
% sudo fink list -i system-xfree86
Information about 1722 packages read in 2 seconds.
 i   system-xfree86  2:4.3-2 
[placeholder for user installed x11]
 i   system-xfree86-dev  2:4.3-2 
[placeholder for user installed x11 development tools]
 i   system-xfree86-shlibs   2:4.3-2 
[placeholder for user installed x11 shared libraries]

looks right, but still:
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't 
installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which 
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which 
isn't installed.

What is next?
Thanks
David
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-25 Thread Alexander K. Hansen 
On Jul 25, 2004, at 6:20 AM, david bonde wrote:
At 09.33 -0400 04-07-20, Alexander K. Hansen wrote/04-07-20, 09.33  
-0400 skrev Alexander K. Hansen

Thanks for your answer. I have made some progress but is not done yet.
Can you quote from further back in the error message?   This isn't  
very helpful--this could be the error from having an externally  
installed X11 (e.g. Apple's) or when you try to switch from Fink's  
XFree86-4.2.x to 4.3.x or later.
Here is the complete output of my attempt to install ghostscript:
% sudo fink install ghostscript
Information about 1722 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
 ghostscript
The following 2 additional packages will be installed:
 xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- 
shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 10190 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86 (from .../xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_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/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from  
.../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_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/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- 
shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- 
shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages:  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- 
shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb


OK, this is good:  the packages are built but not installed.  Try  
running

dpkg -l *xfree86* to see if you have any half-installed bits of  
XFree86 installed by some chance.



You never mentioned your OS version, your Fink version, whether you  
have another X11 version installed
Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple's X11
% fink -V
Package manager version: 0.20.5
Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs
So everything should be fine for the virtual packages (as it is now,  
apparently)

Clearly, you don't have the system-xfree86 virtual packages.  What  
version of Fink do you have (run fink --version)?  If you are on an  
old version the system-xfree86 virtual packages won't get generated.

But this does not look right:
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42  
system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which  
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which  
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which  
isn't installed.

This is entirely correct--you don't have those packages, so dpkg  
can't remove them.
Now fink selfupdate and update-all works. Also
% sudo fink list -i system-xfree86
Information about 1722 packages read in 2 seconds.
 i   system-xfree86  2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user  
installed x11]
 i   system-xfree86-dev  2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user  
installed x11 development tools]
 i   system-xfree86-shlibs   2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user  
installed x11 shared libraries]

looks right, but still:
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42  
system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't  
installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which  
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which  
isn't installed.

What is next?
Nothing from this:  these are completely obsolete packages that no  
longer exist.

Thanks
David

[Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-20 Thread david bonde 
When I try to install ghostscript:
% sudo fink install ghostscript
and picking all the default choices the installation process ends up 
with this error message:

### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages: 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb


I have read the FAQ about xfree troubles, especially
http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple-x11-wants-xfree86
and
http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#wants-xfree86-on-upgrade
and followed their advice but it still does not work.
When I
% sudo fink selfupdate
I get this error message
### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1
Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above.
However, this seems to work:
% sudo fink list -i system-xfree86
Password:
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
Information about 1723 packages read in 30 seconds.

But this does not look right:
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't 
installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which 
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which 
isn't installed.

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
David


% fink -V
Package manager version: 0.20.1
Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs
Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer
Copyright (c) 2001-2004 The Fink Package Manager Team
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen 
On Jul 20, 2004, at 6:58 AM, david bonde wrote:
When I try to install ghostscript:
% sudo fink install ghostscript
and picking all the default choices the installation process ends up  
with this error message:

You shouldn't necessarily pick the defaults, by the way.
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages:  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/ 
xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb  
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- 
shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb

Can you quote from further back in the error message?   This isn't very  
helpful--this could be the error from having an externally installed  
X11 (e.g. Apple's) or when you try to switch from Fink's  XFree86-4.2.x  
to 4.3.x or later.


I have read the FAQ about xfree troubles, especially
http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple- 
x11-wants-xfree86

and
http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#wants- 
xfree86-on-upgrade

and followed their advice but it still does not work.
You never mentioned your OS version, your Fink version, whether you  
have another X11 version installed

When I
% sudo fink selfupdate
I get this error message
### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1
Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above.
Once again, you need to quote from further back.  However, in this case  
you should either switch over to rsync selfupating, or read the FAQ:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#cvs-busy
However, this seems to work:
% sudo fink list -i system-xfree86
Password:
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
Information about 1723 packages read in 30 seconds.

Clearly, you don't have the system-xfree86 virtual packages.  What  
version of Fink do you have (run fink --version)?  If you are on an  
old version the system-xfree86 virtual packages won't get generated.

But this does not look right:
% sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42  
system-xfree86-43
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't  
installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-42 which  
isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86-43 which  
isn't installed.

This is entirely correct--you don't have those packages, so dpkg can't  
remove them.

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
David


% fink -V
Package manager version: 0.20.1
Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs
Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer
Copyright (c) 2001-2004 The Fink Package Manager Team
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
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