At 2:15 PM -0500 2/8/08, Alexander Hansen wrote: >Sarah Stockwell wrote: >>Hello, >> >>I'm reinstalling fink to move from the 0.8.0 distribution to the >>0.8.1 distribution, since it's mature for Mac OS 10.4 (I'm running >>10.4.11). When I download the current tarball and start reading >>the install docs, I see this: >> >>Start out by copying the "fink-0.8.1-full.tar.gz" file to your home folder. >>(Note: If you have OS X 10.4 and XCode 2.1, you should use >>"fink-0.8.0-full-XCode-2.1.tar.gz" instead, and make the appropriate changes >>below.) >> >>The reference to an older version of fink, 0.8.0, is confusing to >>me. Does that mean, "If you have OS X 10.4 and you are still using >>XCode Tools 2.1, rather than 2.3, you should stay at fink version >>0.8.0"? >Yes. >>Do I need XCode Tools version 2.3 (or some later version, though >>Apple's website leads me to think that's the most recent version >>there is for Tiger) in order to run fink 0.8.1? Or are these >>outdated install docs, and should I carry on with the install of >>fink 0.8.1? >> >>Thanks for your help, >> >>--Sarah >> >> >You do indeed want Xcode 2.3 or later. 2.5 is the latest version >for Tiger, and is recommended. > >Or you can just use the 0.8.1 binary installer.
Thanks! I can't use the binary installer because I'm not installing to /sw (I'm on a shared system and access to / is restricted), but I'll upgrade Xcode tools and proceed from there. Thanks for the help, --Sarah ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
