Hi Daniel and Chia,
This was indeed the problem. I had the Developer Tools installed, but they were vintage April. Apparently, the upgrade to Jaguar broke them. That was why gcc did not work. So, I updated the Developer Tools to the July, and then August versions. After that, I was able to run "fink self-update" with no problem. Having successfully completed "fink self-update," I returned to my main goal, which was getting latex2html working. There have been sporadic posts on this list since February comiserating about the difficulty of doing this. From these, I gathered that one needs to run "fink install system-tetex," followed by "fink install latex2html." I did this, and I am pleased to report that latex2html works without a hitch. I notice that other posters are wary of conflicts between Jaguar and Fink. Apparently, I am the fool who rushed in where angels fear to tread. So far, I haven't noticed a problem, but will let you know if/when I encounter one. Thank you very much for your help! Sincerely, Bruce Boghosian ------------------------------------------------------- | Prof. Bruce M. Boghosian | |-----------------------------------------------------| | Department of Mathematics, Tufts University | | 211 Bromfield-Pearson Hall, Medford, MA 02155 | | (617) 627-3054 (office), (617) 627-3966 (fax) | ------------------------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 19:30:07 -0700 > > Bruce, > > I am fairly new to Fink but I have an idea of one problem that could > cause the symptoms you are showing: do you have the Developer Tools > installed? The reason I ask is that gcc was not found in he transcript > you sent--and it should have been. Some of the Fink packages need to be > compiled and that requires a compiler. > > Daniel Lord > > Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 22:52:41 -0500 > From: Chia Hung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I believe that you need to have the Developer's Tool Disc installed to > compile the packages. I think that the message you are getting indicating > that you are missing the C compiler. However, I don't know if the Dev Tool > Disc that came with Jaguar works with Fink. You might want to try it out. I > know that the April 2002 version of the Dev Tool has problem. > > By the way, I believe that there is a new version of the Dev Tool Disc for > Jaguar too. > > Good luck. > > Chia > > On 8/31/02 6:41 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Dear Fink-Beginners List, > > > > Apologies in advance if this has been asked before. I am new to Fink, > > and have just joined this list (today). I have checked the archives, > > but have not seen a problem exactly like this -- though it is certainly > > possible that I missed it. > > > > I installed Fink with no problem, but when I try to run "fink > > selfupdate" or "fink update-all", I get the output enclosed below. Note > > that it terminates prematurely. I have no clue what is causing this to > > happen, but it looks worrisome. > > > > I am using OS 10.2 (Jaguar). Might this be causing the problem? > > > > In any case, I would be most grateful for advice, workarounds, etc. > > > > Thanks, > > Bruce Boghosian > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners