Cesar Del Solar wrote:
Hi, I'm a Mac OS X user. I like linux/unix/etc but I'm new at it and it always gives me problems. For example
I've tried adding the line
source /sw/bin/init.sh
to pretty much every single config file in my home directory. it's in .tcshrc, .profile, .xinitrc, etc (i dont even know what these files
mean) and I still can't run fink when I type fink into X11 terminal!! I don't understand what's wrong. I'm following the instructions.
If you follow any recent instructions, you don't touch the files ".tcshrc, .profile, .xinitrc, etc" unless you know what you are doing and what these files mean.
I know it's reading from .xinitrc because after the source line i have exec quartz-wm or exec icewm and both of those work. but i always have to type /sw/bin/fink or /sw/bin/gimp, etc.
Have you tried to put a line
xterm&
into your .xinitrc, after the "source /sw/bin/init.sh" line? In the xterm that this line makes appear, you will be able to type "fink" or "gimp-2.0" directly.
When i type fink or gimp into Terminal.app that works, (gimp complains that it can't open graphics).
Gimp complains because you didn't set the DISPLAY environment variable. This part is explained in the Fink documentation at http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/tips.php?phpLang=en#terminal-app
But if i type fink or gimp into X11 terminal it doesn't work.
Just edit the line corresponding to "Terminal" in the X11 "Applications" menu. Replace the naked "xterm" that you see there either by "xterm -ls" or by "source /sw/bin/init.sh; xterm".
What do I do? This is frustrating.
What I would recommend to do is to redirect some of the energy that you spend on being angry with those dumb computers at doing some reading instead.
There is a lot of documentation on your hard disk, for example "man xterm" and "man X". The Fink web site has quite a bit of useful information, too. Read everything about "environment variables", in particular about the PATH and the DISPLAY environment variables.
The nice thing about online documentation, on your hard disk or on the web, is that you can try out immediately everything you are reading.
Good luck
-- Martin
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