XFree86 cannot activate

[ghenshaw@…]

I already have the Apple X11 package installed. The darwinports XFree86 4.5.0_2 port builds but cannot activate itself; it complains that many of the files in /usr/X11R6/bin are present but are not owned by any port. For instance:

---> Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 Error: Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 failed: Image error: /usr/X11R6/bin/appres already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port XFree86.

I delete appres and get: ---> Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 Error: Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 failed: Image error: /usr/X11R6/bin/atobm already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port XFree86.

I delete the entire /usr/X11R6/bin directory and get: ---> Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 Error: Activating XFree86 4.5.0_2 failed: Image error: /usr/X11R6/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgzip.h already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port XFree86.

Once I delete /usr/X11R6 in its entirety the port can activate itself. Of course, Apple's X11 system then breaks.

[olegb@…]

You cannot have two X11 installations at the same time - you either use apples X11 or another (maybe the one from darwinports).

This is *not* a bug.

[bts@…]

Is there a suggested method for using X11 programs with Apple's X11, then? Or is the answer "if you want to use darwinports teTeX, gtk2, graphviz, you must install its XFree86 and not Apple's X server"?

[blb@…]

To use Apple's X11 you need to make sure you have both the X11User package (from the 10.4 DVD) and X11SDK package (from Xcode) installed, then it should work fine.