Josh wrote: >> user: double-clicks the .app icon to run Valknut. closes it with >> pretzel-q when done. At no point during this last step was Fink >> actually being used. > > Sorry if this sounds stupid, but why then do I need Fink to run Valknut if > it is already installed? If I move Valknut.app and the files it needs from > /sw to my applications, and Fink is not used to run the program, wouldnt > removing JUST Fink still allow me to run Valknut?
Fink doesn't run Valknut. Fink just installs Valknut and keeps track of its files. Running the installed Valknut.app program is done solely by the user like if it was any other program. Fink really is just a fancy download manager and installer that helps keep track of everything (which is very useful). It has no role in actually _using_ the programs it downloads and installs. Also, as Alexander said, the Valknut.app bundle created by Fink is just a shell that connects to other Fink installed binaries. It is not a true self-contained, standalone application. The downloadable Valknuts that I make available (see previous message) are true standalone apps, but they're currently not available for Intel (see previous message again). The Fink Valknut runs and functions exactly the same as the true standalone app (no functionality is lost). You just can't move it around (one of the few drawbacks with Fink). > Definitely between win/linux/mac because the compiled binaries are > totally different. Not so much because files are put in different > locations (which is also true, especially in Linux distributions), but > because the systems don't talk the same languages at all. > > What I meant was between different versions of Linux, like RedHat and > Debian, etc. Some binaries can be used in different Linux distributions. Others can't because RedHat and Debian put things in different places. Hanspeter -- Hanspeter Niederstrasser hanspeter at snaggledworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
