Re: Problems getting X11 to work
Re: Problems getting X11 to work
- Subject: Re: Problems getting X11 to work
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:48:14 -0500
What do you mean "the station came from its box"? How did you come by
a Mac with no OS install disk?
The download you found is for OS X 10.3 and older, so if you have 10.4
or 10.5 it's no good. The error message indicating you have it already
installed is bogus.
The xdarwin link will get you a downloadable X11 for 10.5, but I don't
know about 10.4. The X11 that shipped with 10.5 had some issues that
prompted folks to fall back to the 10.4 version, and someone may have
linked to it from the xdarwin site for that reason, but otherwise I
don't know of a source for 10.4 X11 apart from the 10.4 install DVD.
On 12/14/07, Ferdinand Acevedo <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I am new to the Mac, but have some working experience with UNIX and
> X-terminal applications.
>
> At this moment, I am attempting to install WireShark in my iMac. This is
> based on the instructions at the "http://www.finkconsulting.com/page7.php";
> site. From this site, there is an indication that a pre-requirement for
> WireShark installation is that X11 is available in the station already.
>
> In order to verify installation of X11, the "X11.app" file is to be searched
> at the "/applications/utilities/" directory. I did not find the file there.
> Indeed, I could not find it in the station with the "find / -name X11
> -print" command either.
>
> I downloaded the X11 application (update) from the
> "http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11update2006113.html"; link, and
> execution of the installation file yielded a "Alert - This system does not
> need this update." response. I also tried to download the X11 ("original")
> application from the
> "http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11formacosx.html"; link.
> Installation attempt yielded a "You cannot install X11 in this volume.
> Newer Software already exists in your computer." response. So... in
> summary, I cannot install an old X11 version or an update (I infer that this
> is because the system apparently has the latest version of X11), but the
> software is nowhere to be found (at least, by me).
>
> I never saw a Mac OS installation disk. The station came from its box, and
> the only disk install I applied was Microsoft Office. Then, I can't know
> for certain if "X11.app" was installed from disk (I sincerely doubt it).
>
> Would you have any recommendations on what to do? Is there a way to
> uninstall or unconfigure what the machine identifies as a "working" copy of
> "X11.app" so that the new install can take place. By the way, is there an
> "uninstall" application at the Mac, just as MS Windows systems have?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ferdinand
>
>
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