Hi, that is exactly what I did.  I used the 

"Source -> Install" from Fink commander and I do have XCode installed.

So how do I install evolution and get it working for me?

thx
RLC

> 
> From: "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2005/03/18 Fri PM 01:11:16 EST
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: Fink Beginners <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] (no subject)
> 
> 
> On Mar 18, 2005, at 12:52 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I found a file
> >
> > /sw/src/evolution-1.4.6.tar.bz2
> >
> > that looks like a disk image.  Is this the file that I am looking for? 
> >  If so, where would you recommend that I store it on my hard drive?  
> > Should I put it in the /sw directory or somewhere else?  When I 
> > uncompress, it is asking me where do I want to store it.
> >
> > thx
> > RLC
> >>
> 
> Umm...no.
> 
> That's a source archive and you need to leave it where it is.
> 
> You would install it via the "Source -> Install" from Fink 
> Commander--you must have XCode installed.
> 
> 
> >> From: "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Date: 2005/03/18 Fri AM 05:33:57 EST
> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> CC: Fink Beginners <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] (no subject)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mar 18, 2005, at 2:45 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all, I am trying to download evolution 1.4.6-10, but there doesn't
> >>> appear
> >>> to be a stable binary version according to fink commander.  What do I
> >>> need to
> >>> do to get a stable binary version of evolution?
> >>>
> >>> thx
> >>> RLC
> >>>
> >>
> >> "stable" in this case is basically an internal classification.  To do
> >> literally what you asked would require
> >>
> >> 1) evolution and all of its dependencies would have to be moved over 
> >> to
> >> the stable tree by its maintainer.  This could be done--a fair number
> >> of people use it and I'm not entirely sure why it was never moved 
> >> over.
> >> 2) A new binary distribution would have to be made.  This happens only
> >> when major changes to the whole Fink system occur.
> >>
> >> However, you're free to install it from source yourself:
> >>
> >> http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable
> >>
> >
> -- 
> Alexander K. Hansen
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> visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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