Problems installing Mozilla

[Hydroglow]

I'm trying to install mozilla and I keep getting this message.


running dpkg --pending --configure ...
Setting up mozilla (1.0.0-1) ...
Can not initialize XPCOM
dpkg: error processing mozilla (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
mozilla

dpkg --configure returned error exit status 1.
Press <enter> to continue.

And this one


Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
xfree86-base
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/44.1MB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 24267 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86-base (from .../xfree86-base_4.2.0-4_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11.
This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to
install xfree86-base again. (The package won't be recompiled.) If you want
to keep your X11 installation, install system-xfree86 resp. system-xtools
instead to make this known to Fink's package system.

Press Return to continue.

dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-base_4.2.0-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-base_4.2.0-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
Press enter to continue.

Setting up mozilla (1.0.0-1) ...
Can not initialize XPCOM
dpkg: error processing mozilla (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
mozilla

installation script returned error exit status 100.

Can anyone help?

[sao]

Hydroglow,

I can try to help, but I need to know first:

What OS version? ('sw_vers')
What version of make? ('make -v')
What Fink version? ('fink --version')
What version of the dev tools? ('cc -v')

And please run:

% fink list --section=x11-system

and tell me what it says.


Cheers...

[Hydroglow]

Hey sao thanks for helping me again here's the info...

[localhost:~] hydroglo% sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.1.5
BuildVersion: 5S66

[localhost:~] hydroglo% make -v
GNU Make version 3.79, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for powerpc-apple-darwin1.4
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Report bugs to <bug-make@gnu.org>.

[localhost:~] hydroglo% fink --version
Package manager version: 0.9.12
Distribution version: 0.4.0.cvs

cc -v
Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/2.95.2/specs
Apple Computer, Inc. version gcc-932.1, based on gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)

[localhost:~] hydroglo% fink list --section=x11-system
Information about 642 packages read in 8 seconds.
rman 3.0.9-2 Generalized filter for UNIX manual pages
system-libgl 1.2-3 Placeholder package for manually installed ...
system-xfree86 4.1-5 Placeholder package for manually installed ...
system-xtools 1.0-7 Placeholder package for manually installed ...
tightvnc 1.2.3-1 An enhanced version of VNC.
vnc 3.3.3r2-5 a remote display system for X11.
xfree86-base 4.2.0-4 XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and d...
xfree86-rootles 4.2.0-2 MacOS X/Darwin XFree86 display server.
[localhost:~] hydroglo%

[sao]

Hydroglow,

Thanks for the information.

It looks you have installed XFree86 manually, so you need to do one of this two possibilities:

1. Install system-xfree86-4.2-1: Placeholder package for manually installed XFree86.

(Install this package if you have XFree86 4.2.0 installed manually. It
will check whether the installation is okay and provide the 'x11'
virtual package)


or


2. Delete your manually installed XFree86 like this:

sudo rm -rf /usr/X11R6 /etc/X11 /Applications/XDarwin.app

This will delete your XFree86 installation as well as the XDarwin application.

And then install them with Fink by:

'fink install xfree86-base' (installs XFree86 4.2.0)

and

'fink install xfree86-rootless' (installs the XDarwin.app)


After you have done successfully one of this choices, then run again:

'fink install mozilla'

Good luck.


Cheers...

[Hydroglow]

Hey sao,




-Jason