Trouble installing GD with fink
Trouble installing GD with fink
- Subject: Trouble installing GD with fink
- From: "T. Boyd Moore" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:36:53 -0400
I don't see the mention of fink on this list, so maybe it is a
forbidden topic. Anyway, here goes:
Everytime I tried to install something from fink that required X11, it
wanted to overwrite the Apple X11 package - and it would not list the
system-xfree86, etc., placeholders, either as being available or as
installed.
I did a fresh install of Apple's X11: 1.0 - XFree86 4.3.0, after
moving /etc/X11 to /etc/X11.Jul04, and /usr/X11 to /usr/X11.Jul04, in
case the install failed and I needed to go back. Then I moved /sw to
/sw.Jul04 to set aside the old fink, and installed fink fresh (takes a
long time, you know, even with DSL).
Now, fink list -i xfree shows:
i system-xfree86 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user
installed x11]
i system-xfree86-dev 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user
installed x11 development tools]
i system-xfree86-s... 2:4.3-2 [placeholder for user
installed x11 shared libraries]
Which is better. However, I tried then to install GD and it still says
it needs
gd-bin gd-shlibs xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
so fink is still not honoring the system-* files, it seems.
Any ideas? I will take a look at the GNU installation tool, and also
see if the Apple Downloads section includes GD.
Boyd
T. Boyd Moore
KO4WK
Zech 4:6
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