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From: Hisashi T F. <ht...@tw...> - 2006-04-09 06:57:13
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Check "fink info xfree86" and "fink info xfree86-shlibs" I bet nothing was installed so you don't have to worry about deleting anything. Remember to install the Apple X11 SDK as well. On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Zinaida Benenson wrote: > On 09 Apr 2006, at 05:51, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: > >> One is to use Apple's X11 (on the disks that came with your Mac) the >> other is to delete a bunch of stuff and start over, compiling >> everything by yourself and not using any pre-compiled binaries. > > If I use Apple's X11, I suppose I have to delete my xfree86 > quasi-installation as well? > Can somebody give me an advice, what and how? Has somebody already done it? > I found the following here (scroll down to Section 3.6): > http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/inst-xfree86.php?phpLang=en > <quote> > To manually, remove them, you use the dpkg with the --force-depends option, > like so: > sudo dpkg -r --force-depends xfree86-rootless\ > xfree86-rootless-shlibs xfree86-base xfree86-base-shlibs > </quote> > > So should I use this, what do you think? Should I then type this? (below) > sudo dpkg -r --force-depends xfree86\ xfree86-shlibs > > Besides, I would like to make sure that I really have to remove xfree86. > > Are there any users at this list who have the Intel Mac and have > successfully installed xfree86? > > And the most important question, does somebody understand what > happened at my system? > >>> >>> -------------------------- >>> $ sudo apt-get install xfree86 > [...] >>> Setting up xfree86-shlibs (4.5.0-1024) ... >>> Setting up xfree86 (4.5.0-1024) ... >>> /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/xfree86.postinst: line 23: 12868 Segmentation fault >>> /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache >>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--configure): >>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> xfree86 >>> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > For me, it looks like xfree86 was installed, but then something happened, > because some "subprocess post-installation script returned error". > Am I right? Then I should probably install something else from, say, > development kits, and try again? I was actually amazed that fink got > installed without any problems, even if I didn't quite understand > installation instructions... (any developers reading this list? good work!) > > > > -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@tw... BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte |