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fink broken again

I discovered fink has once again decided to misbehave. I tried installing lyx.

It’s the same old Failed: Internal error: node for xfree86-base already exists error.


(paul@pink)-(10:50 PM / Sun Aug 18)
[/Users/paul]:: fink install lyx
sudo /sw/bin/fink install lyx
Information about 1414 packages read in 23 seconds.

pkg lyx version ###
pkg lyx version 1.2.0-6

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

(1) tetex-base: TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for UNIX
(2) system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX

Pick one: [1]

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

(1) ispell: Interactive spell-checker
(2) aspell: A more intelligent ispell.

Pick one: [1]

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

(1) imagemagick: image manipulation tools.
(2) imagemagick-nox: image manipulation tools (no X11 required).

Pick one: [1]

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

(1) ghostscript6: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v6.01 (used with teTeX)
(2) system-ghostscript: Placeholder package for manually installed ghostscript
(3) ghostscript6-nox: Intrp. for PostScript/PDF, v6.01 (for teTeX), no X11 support

Pick one: [1]

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

(1) tetex-texmf: Main texmf tree for a teTeX installation
(2) system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX

Pick one: [1]
Failed: Internal error: node for xfree86-base already exists

Then I tried to work around it by choosing the noX dependencies: no love there, either.

[/Users/paul]:: fink install lyx
sudo /sw/bin/fink install lyx
Information about 1414 packages read in 41 seconds.

pkg lyx version ###
pkg lyx version 1.2.0-6

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

(1) tetex-base: TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for UNIX
(2) system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX

Pick one: [1]

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

(1) ispell: Interactive spell-checker
(2) aspell: A more intelligent ispell.

Pick one: [1]

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

(1) imagemagick: image manipulation tools.
(2) imagemagick-nox: image manipulation tools (no X11 required).

Pick one: [1] 2

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

(1) ghostscript6: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v6.01 (used with teTeX)
(2) system-ghostscript: Placeholder package for manually installed ghostscript
(3) ghostscript6-nox: Intrp. for PostScript/PDF, v6.01 (for teTeX), no X11 support

Pick one: [1] 3

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

(1) tetex-texmf: Main texmf tree for a teTeX installation
(2) system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX

Pick one: [1]
Failed: Internal error: node for xfree86-base already exists

Working backwards, I am installing the dependencies first to see if I can determine what the problem is.

So far, tetex-base seems to be installing and it will install ghostscript6 and tetex-texmf. Then we’ll try again, assuming that works.

This was written by paul. Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002, at 11:05 PM. Filed under it could be called work. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

5 Comments

  1. paul wrote:

    Of course, it failed to download a file but was able to resume when I suggested it try another mirror. Why not do that automagically? The *BSDs do that. Why should I need to monitor this stuff?

    curl -f -L -O ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/sources/teTeX-src-1.0.tar.gz
    curl: (7) Timeout while accepting connection, server busy: 60

    ### execution of curl failed, exit code 7
    Downloading the file “teTeX-src-1.0.tar.gz” failed.

    (1) Give up
    (2) Retry the same mirror
    (3) Retry another mirror from your country
    (4) Retry another mirror from your continent
    (5) Retry another mirror

    Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 11:11 PM | Permalink
  2. paul wrote:

    well, it failed after I went to bed, so I am now installing ghostscript6 and tetex-texmf with tetex-base to follow.

    Monday, August 19, 2002 at 9:31 AM | Permalink
  3. paul wrote:

    ghostscript6 and tetex-texmf installed correctly. Now we’ll see if tetex-base or tetex-macosx will install without whining about xfree86-base.

    Monday, August 19, 2002 at 9:52 AM | Permalink
  4. paul wrote:

    [/Users/paul]:: fink list tetex
    Information about 1414 packages read in 39 seconds.

    bundle-tetex 20010808-4 Installs a complete TeX system including …
    system-tetex 20010808-8 Placeholder package for manually installe…
    tetex 20010808-1 TeX bundle compatible with TeXShop
    i tetex-base 1.0-11 TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for UNIX
    i tetex-macosx 20010808-4 Mac OS X-specific modifications to teTeX
    i tetex-texmf 1.0.2-6 Main texmf tree for a teTeX installation

    So I now know that tetex-base is installed, but now imagemagick and ispell/aspell are balking. I’ll resolve those dependencies the old fashioned way, and see if lyx will finally install.

    Monday, August 19, 2002 at 12:51 PM | Permalink
  5. paul wrote:

    [/Users/paul]:: fink install lyx
    sudo /sw/bin/fink install lyx
    Password:
    Information about 1414 packages read in 37 seconds.

    pkg lyx version ###
    pkg lyx version 1.2.0-6
    Failed: Internal error: node for xfree86-base already exists
    <sigh>

    Monday, August 19, 2002 at 1:30 PM | Permalink