Re: Install Problems on Mac

[Christian Hitz]

Am 01.02.2005 um 21:51 schrieb Chuck Boody:
> > Am 01.02.2005 um 18:34 schrieb Chuck Boody:
> > > 1)  The Apple website says this about things included in X11: 
> > > "XFree86 4.3 — Includes latest enhancements from the Open Source 
> > > community."
> > Did you install the "X11 for Mac OS X SDK" package too? It's an 
> > option when installing the Developer Tools (XCode)
>
> No.  I don't have the Developer Tools disk (a long story) and am 
> trying to get one.  I'll certainly do that if I can.
You can download the Developer Tools from Apple [1] (free registration 
required).

> > > 2) My error message still says: "Failed: Can't resolve dependency 
> > > "gcc3.1" for package "xfree86-4.4.0-14" (no matching 
> > > packages/versions found)"
> > Fink asumes that it has to install a xfree86 system, and apparently 
> > this package requires gcc3.1. Fink should ask you which version of 
> > xfree86 it should install. Do not use the default but select 
> > "system-xfree86" which then uses Apple's X11.
>
> Fink gives me a couple of options, but I didn't see system-xfree86 as 
> an option.  The options I see are " xfree86: Free X11 implementation 
> for Darwin and Mac OS X" and "xorg: Free X11 implementation for Darwin 
> and Mac OS X" and no others.
If you have Apple's X11 installed, fink should show you the 
system-xfree86 choice. [2].
Have you run "fink selfupdate" to get the newest fink distribution?

Christian

[1] http://connect.apple.com
[2] http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/inst-xfree86.php?phpLang=en