install of xfree86 onto mac os x 10.4.9

[JJ Henricksen <jjhenjj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am trying to install xfree86 so that I can install KDE and KDevelop etc.

In blissful ignorance of this installation I followed the advice on the macshadows web page here: http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.php?title=Installing_KDE_on_Mac_OS_X

I installed fink.  I did not find X11, although I thought I would find it on my version of Mac.  

I ran "fink install Xfree86" in my terminal and left my computer to it...

Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-shlibs.
Unpacking xfree86-shlibs (from .../xfree86-shlibs_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb) ...
Setting up xfree86-shlibs (4.5.0-1024) ...
Setting up xfree86 (4.5.0-1024) ...
/sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/xfree86.postinst: line 23:   654 Segmentation fault      /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while
 processing:
 xfree86
### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't batch-install packages: /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-shlibs_4.5.0-1024_darwin-i386.deb

The web page did not tell me what to do about this and I could not find a way to test the configuration for Xfree86.  

Then I installed FinkCommander highlighted xfree86 and clicked the "Selfupdate -rsync" button.  The FinkCommander told me that all was well: "Self-repair succeeded.  Please re-try your command."  The display looks like:
flagged    status       name                           installed       version   
 binary               category           summary             
NO         archived    xfree86                                           4.5.0-1024    4.5.0-1040    x11-system    Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X     
NO         current      xfree86-base-threaded    provided                           
 virtual    [virtual package]     
NO         xfree86-base-threaded-dev                                                      virtual    [virtual package]     
NO         current      xfree86-base-threaded-shlibs    provided                     virtual    [virtual package]     
NO         current      xfree86-shlibs                          
      4.5.0-1024    4.5.0-1024    4.5.0-1040    x11-system    Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X     

Am I OK now?

Thanks for your help.

JJ

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