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.