James Kelly wrote: > sorry Alex > dpkg -- configure -a didn't work > dpkg --configure -pendiing didn't work > dpkg --configure <listing the problem dependencies> didn't work > > I cant undertand why I keep getting this circular around and around on > dependencies...Fink was supposed to keep track of this...
Fink does keep track of this, as I will explain below. > My installing > the Darwin ports collection should not have any effect on fink . Sadly, this is not true. Fink assumes that the parts of your system which Apple put there have been left alone, and tries its best to not modify those parts in any way. GNU-Darwin has a different philosophy, and modifies your system setup to be as close as possible to FreeBSD so that the FreeBSD ports collection can be used without change. Fink and GNU-Darwin *can* be used together, but it takes both care and skill to do this. One easy way, since you already have GNU-Darwin installed, is to stick to the binary distribution of Fink only. (This means using dselect and apt-get, rather than "fink install".) Another option is to temporarily move certain parts of /usr/local out of the way while you are using Fink, and put them back when you want to use GNU-Darwin again. > I read the dpkg man page and tried the options it mentions but none of > them worked. > I now can't remove gimp because it isn't fully installed. > Fink is confused right now because gimp is only partially installed (which is something that doesn't normally happen with Fink). You will need to use dpkg directly to remove gimp. Hopefully, dpkg --remove gimp will do it. Then, try moving /usr/local/bin to a different name (or stick with the Fink binary distribution). -- Dave _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
