Re: [Fink-beginners] Unable to update xfig, fontconfig2-dev, etc

[Alexander H. <ale...@gm...>]

On 12/16/12 12:41 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
> Hello Martin,
> 
> Thank you for your quick response.  I am afraid I may have bigger
> problems than the one I asked about.  I tried to look at the config.log
> file as you suggested, using nedit, my favorite editor, and found that
> nedit is no longer working.  The error message I got when I tried to
> start nedit was
> 
> quaternion-3:fontconfig-2.10.1 Mike$ nedit config.log &
> [1] 72782
> quaternion-3:fontconfig-2.10.1 Mike$ dyld: Library not loaded:
> /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>   Referenced from: /sw/lib/libXm.2.dylib
>   Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
> /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
>  
> [1]+  Trace/BPT trap          nedit config.log
> 
> 
> I am running OS X 10.5.8 on an intel MacBook, but it appears to me that
> I have installed a powerpc version of fink.  The system info shows this,
> I think:
> 
> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sun Dec 16 13:42:25 2012, 10.5,
> powerpc
> 
> This seems to have been working fine until I upgraded fink, but now I
> think it has come back to bite me in the butt.  I remember worrying
> about it a couple of years ago when I got the intel machine, which I
> think inherited its OS from my old G4 PowerBook using Time Machine.
>  Can't really remember now.  I let it slide because all the programs I
> use, like nedit, xfig, xmgrace, and gv all worked fine.
> 
> If this is the problem, what is the solution?  Should I uninstall fink
> completely, then try the 10.5 installation again?  Uh, what is the
> easiest way to uninstall, if it comes to that?
> 
> What a mess.  Thanks for any help you can give me.
> 
> -Mike
>

It does indeed look like you migrated a powerpc installation. Stuff will
run but you won't be able to update.

http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/starting-anew/ has suggestions
about how to turn things around with reduced pain.

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/