x11 install conflict

[keyshawn]

Hey,

[I'm a bit of a newbie, so pardon my ignorance ]

I'm trying to install the gimp and requires X11. So, I downloaded the X11 app from the apple site, and on the install screen for X11 in the destination folder, a message appears stating that I cannot install X11 on this computer, because there already is a newer version of it on this hard drive. BTW, I'm running tiger 10.4.2. on a spiffy new ibook I just purchased about 10 days ago...

As stated in a couple past posts on the forum, I searched to see if x11 was in the applications/utilities - no x11 listed there. After, I did a search for it, and the only results besides the dmg package that I download of x11 were two files both named "X11SDK.pkg" one located in the /library/recipts folder and the other listed in applications/installers/xcode tools/packages .

Is the sdk package the proper one needed ? if so, how do I modify the gimp to search for that package so it knows X11 is installed ?

thanks.
regards,
keyshawn

 

[MisterMe]

Hey,

[I'm a bit of a newbie, so pardon my ignorance ]

I'm trying to install the gimp and requires X11. So, I downloaded the X11 app from the apple site, and on the install screen for X11 in the destination folder, a message appears stating that I cannot install X11 on this computer, because there already is a newer version of it on this hard drive. BTW, I'm running tiger 10.4.2. on a spiffy new ibook I just purchased about 10 days ago...

As stated in a couple past posts on the forum, I searched to see if x11 was in the applications/utilities - no x11 listed there. After, I did a search for it, and the only results besides the dmg package that I download of x11 were two files both named "X11SDK.pkg" one located in the /library/recipts folder and the other listed in applications/installers/xcode tools/packages .

Is the sdk package the proper one needed ? if so, how do I modify the gimp to search for that package so it knows X11 is installed ?

thanks.
regards,
keyshawn

If you have a receipt for X11, then it is on your computer unless you removed it. Mine is in /Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/. If you removed X11, then you can reinstall it if you remove the file in the receipts folder.

 

[ham_man]

The only X11 that will work for Tiger is the one off of the install disc. The one on the Apple site does not work. I think there is a program to extract the package from the disc, but I am not certain...

 

[swiftaw]

The only X11 that will work for Tiger is the one off of the install disc. The one on the Apple site does not work. I think there is a program to extract the package from the disc, but I am not certain...

Indeed, this is correct. You don't need any special software to extract it from the disk. Just pop in the Tiger disk and select Optional Installs.mpkg in Finder

 

[SAPurdie]

X11

If you have a receipt for X11, then it is on your computer unless you removed it. Mine is in /Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/. If you removed X11, then you can reinstall it if you remove the file in the receipts folder.

Hi all,
I am running 10.5.8 and I found an X11 directory, viz.: Xcode/Developer/SDKs/MacOS10.5.sdk/usr/x11

However I don't have an X11 'app' showing in the applications/utilities directory.

When I attempt to install a downloaded X11 from apple it says 'no can do' because later version is installed.

I bought the imac s/h recently so don't know the full history, but I did just install the latest updates from apple website.

This imac came with leopard but only tiger disks, I have leopard disks for my one (this one is for the kids)

Any ideas please?

(the original root of my concern is I set GIMP to point at Xcode instead of X11 by mistake and now cannot get it to look anywhere else - I guess there must be a library file which remains after I delete the app?)

Thanks
Steve

 

[LPZ]

Maybe just download the Leopard version from here

http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.5.3