Comments on: Video: I accidentally reinstalled Mac OS X trying to install X11.app

By: PodcastTroubadour

PodcastTroubadour — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:45:02 +0000

Thanks for the info. I am standing on the shoulders of people who have fallen in a hole I would’ve fallen in, if not for the shoulders pointing out.

By: Andy McCulloch

Andy McCulloch — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:25:27 +0000

Ditto what Sam says. I’m no newbie and completely missed the scroll bar. Nearly reinstalled Tiger myself.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:35:07 +0000

Admittedly I made the same mistake as Steve. I can’t believe I missed that scroll bar everytime until I read Peter’s post. The nicely arranged icons threw me off as well. Oh well live and learn.

By: Richard Tallent

Richard Tallent — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:30:13 +0000

Almost did the same thing here. Still can’t get Darwine to even run the included sample apps.

By: Josh Bancroft

Josh Bancroft — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:04:41 +0000

Yeah, but there’s this little caveat for Tiger:

“Note 10.4 customers can install X11 by using the Tiger DVD installer disk. ”

I did manage to get it installed - you have to scroll down in the Finder window that pops up when you insert the Tiger DVD. Only there’s no real indication that there’s more stuff available if you scroll down (other than the fact that there’s a scroll bar on the window.

I figured it out, but it could have been simpler.

By: Pete Prodoehl

Pete Prodoehl — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:59:54 +0000

Recently I had to install X11 on Mac OS X 10.3. A Google search for “mac 10.3 x11″ lead me to: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11formacosx.html

Click, click, click, installed. Simple as Apple Pie.

But then again, I’m used to the world of Apple…

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:08:08 +0000

So I had a similar problem. I wanted to install X11, but couldn’t find it. I had even read the docs that said to use the “Optional Installs”. My problem? The nicely arranged icons in the window that opens when you put the cd in threw me off, and I didn’t see to scroll down. Guess that proves that subtle GUI hints can make a fool out of even someone with lots of Mac and PC experience…

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:56:08 +0000

Put the Tiger DVD in, scroll down and open the “System” folder, then open the “Installation” folder, and then the “Packages” folder. You will see X11User.pkg, which you can use to install X11 and nothing else.

By: bonze

bonze — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:35:38 +0000

Also, don’t blame Apple’s documentation for this. You have to read it before you can diss it. If you look at the “Read Before You Install” pdf on the DVD, it says:

Installing optional software
Easy Install installs all the software you need to use Mac OS X, but does not install some additional software. If you want to install this optional software or you don’t want to install all the software installed using Easy Install, click Custom Install and select the items you want to install. If you want to install this optional software later, insert the Mac OS X Install DVD and double-click Optional Installs.

This readme is also displayed in the installer when it starts. The “HUGE documentation problem/gap here” is with the end user who doesn’t read the documentation.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:15:02 +0000

Oh, by the way…
MacOS X version here:
http://www.kekus.com/download/index.html