On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:12, Fred Bauder wrote:
---> Installing XFree86 4.5.0_2 ---> Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: /usr/X11R6/ bin/appres already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port XFree86. Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
I'm new to the list, and to the software, and know little about these programs. But I thought I would try out installing XFree86 (I had good luck with ImageMagick).
You already have a part of Apple's X11 installed. I recommend you use Apple's X11, not XFree86. Make sure you have both the X11User.pkg (from the Mac OS X install CD/DVD) and X11SDK.pkg (from the Xcode disk image) installed. Check in /Library/Receipts to see which of those you still need. After you have both, MacPorts won't try to install XFree86; it'll recognize Apple's X11 as satisfying the dependency.
I got into this trying to deal with .svg images, and eventually stumbled on both Fink and MacPorts. How do they interact with each other?
Sometimes badly.
Can both be installed and used?
Not recommended. What do you need from Fink that you can't get from MacPorts?