where is system-xfree86???

From: Mike Page (mpage AT unknown)
Date: Mon Nov 10 2003 - 14:44:12 MST

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    I've installed X11 from the xfree86 web site and now want to install
    ncarg and ncl from the fink repository. This seems to have launched me
    on a vicious cycle of options that I cannot escape. When I now do a
    'fink install ncarg' or 'fink install ncl' I almost immediately get
    the message:

    fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency.
    The
    candidates:

    (1) xfree86-base-threaded: XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients
    and data
    (2) xfree86-base: XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data
    (3) xfree86: XFree86 distribution

    if I pick (3) then after about 3 hours I get the message:

    You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and/or /etc/X11.
    This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to
    install xfree86 again. (The package won't be recompiled.) If you want
    to keep your X11 installation, install system-xfree86 resp.
    system-xtools instead to make this known to Fink's package system.

    Fink does not understand 'fink install system-xfree86', complaining
    that there is no such package. Nor does it understand 'fink install
    system-xtools'.

    The fink FAQ tells me to 'fink install xfree86-43' which doesn't work
    either.

    How can I get fink to install ncarg or ncl w/o having to throw out the
    X I have just so I can spend half of a day letting fink do it again?

    Thanks

    Mike Page

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