Re: How to uninstall X11 1.0?
Re: How to uninstall X11 1.0?
- Subject: Re: How to uninstall X11 1.0?
- From: Don MacQueen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:05:26 -0700
At 10:25 PM +0900 6/28/07, SUNAGAWA Keiki wrote:
Hello,
I'm new to the list. Searching the archive of this mailing
list didn't solve my problem. How to uninstall X11 1.0?
I installed X11 1.0 into My G4 PowerBook (updated to 10.4.10
today) and used it for months. When I tried to update X11
to "Update 2006" , the installer said "This system does not
need this update." and won't install.
How did you try to update?
Look in /Library/Receipts and see if the 2006 update is already there.
BTW, is there someone
actually uses this update on G4 PowerBook? Using this
update was my goal.
Today I decided to uninstall X11 1.0 and redo everything
from zero. I don't know how to uninstall X11, so I removed
the following files/directories by hand:
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app
/private/etc/X11
/usr/X11R6
/usr/bin/open-x11
and some /usr/*/X11 symbolic links.
This list looks pretty complete.
After that, I tried to install X11 1.0, "X11 User for Mac OS
X.pkg". but the installer says that newer version is
already installed and fails to install. Now I fell into the
hall.
This message has been reported to occur when people try to install
X11 using an installer downloaded the Apple website. You don't get
the latest version that way. The usual advice is to install from the
CD that came with the computer -- but usually, they're talking about
a newer computer than a G4 PowerBook.
If you go to the /Library/Receipts folder, you will see evidence that
X11 has been installed. It's my understanding that if you delete the
X11 related files from there, then the system will truly believe it
has no X11. Then your installer might work. But I've never done that,
so I'm not absolutely certain.
--
SUNAGAWA Keiki <email@hidden>
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-Don
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Don MacQueen
Environmental Protection Department
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA, USA
925-423-1062
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