Bittorrent

Eric Donkersloot eric.donkersloot at gmail.com
Thu May 3 03:12:15 PDT 2007


On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 04:47 -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On May 2, 2007, at 08:27, Eric Donkersloot wrote:
> 
> > How can I determine whether I have Apple's X11 installed or not,
> 
> Look in /Library/Receipts. If you have both X11User.pkg and  
> X11SDK.pkg you're all set. If not, install whichever is not there.  
> X11User.pkg is on the Mac OS X DVD (for 10.4.x) or downloadable from  
> Apple Software Updates online (for 10.3.x only). X11SDK.pkg is in the  
> Xcode disk image available from the Apple Developer Connection  
> online. Use the latest Xcode (2.4.1 for 10.4.x; 1.5 for 10.3.x).
> 
> > I get the following confusing error message:
> >
> > Error:
> >                     You have an Apple X11SDK installation already.
> >                         MacPorts will not overwrite it.
> >
> >                     If you wish to use Apple X11,
> >                         install it from your MacOSX install disc.
> >
> >                     If you really want to use XFree86 instead,
> >                         please move it aside first :
> >
> >                             sudo mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6.apple
> 
> That is confusing... perhaps it's trying to say that you have  
> X11SDK.pkg installed but not X11User.pkg.

Thanks for your help Ryan, I'm all set.

> 
> 
> > By the way, can I download Apple's X11 package from somewhere ? I  
> > don't have
> > the installation dvd with me.
> 




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