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List:       fink-beginners
Subject:    Re: [Fink-beginners] Starting Over
From:       "Alexander Hansen" <alexanderk.hansen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-03-22 18:14:52
Message-ID: db891de10703221114v7b62f873u42d9db03434f8192 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 3/22/07, Laine Lee <Laine.Lee@utsa.edu> wrote:
> Thanks, Alexander!
>
> > sudo rm -rf /sw /usr/X11R6 /Library/Receipts/X11
> > (in the terminal; you can drag the folders to the Trash in 10.4 as well)
> > That should flush out Fink and everything X11-related.
> >
> > Install Fink from its installer
>
> Well, I thought I was on my merry way until just after this step, when I
> decided to perform selfupdate and update-all before getting to Apple's
> X11User and X11SDK. There were no problems with selfupdate, but update-all
> stopped here:
>
> "Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies"
>
> I wondered if it was related to the 10.4.9 update. I'm using a Core Duo
> MacBook Pro.
>
> I ran update-all again and this time the fail message included the
> suggestion that I try the following commands, which fixed the problem.
>
> fink scanpackages
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install gettext-dev=0.10.40-25 gettext=0.10.40-25
>

A lot of people seem to have gotten that one.  I think it's just a
dependency issue unrelated to 10.4..9

>  BTW, did you know you can install the system using the conventional Apple
> install method on a Core Duo from the custom disk set that comes with a Core
> 2 Duo model? This is the first time I can remember in a very long time being
> able to do the default installation from a set of disks that shipped with a
> different model Mac. (The system I'm using wasn't actually installed this
> way, in case you're wondering if doing that might be causing problems with
> my new Fink.)
>
> Laine
>
>
>

Wouldn't know about that:  all 3 Macs that I've used OS X on have been G4's.

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
(akh)
Fink User Liason and Documenter

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