Problem installing ports

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Sun Dec 2 16:14:05 PST 2007


On Dec 2, 2007, at 17:49, Skip Evans wrote:

>>> Either of those get the following:
>>>
>>> You already have an X11SDK installed, if you wish to use Apple  
>>> X11 install it from your OS X disc. If you really wish to use  
>>> XFree86 move it aside with sodo mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6.apple
>>
>> The message means you have installed the X11 SDK that was part of  
>> the developer tools, but you have not installed the X11.app that  
>> was an optional install in the main Tiger install (it is now  
>> included by default in Leopard).
>
> I went ahead and moved X11 out of the way and it is downloading  
> XFree86 now.
>
> This might do it, eh?

Well, ok, that might work too. Though Apple's X11 is really the  
easiest, the fastest and IMHO the best way to go.



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