On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Mine wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to install Boost 1.35.0_2 (OSX 10.4.11) which does not
appear FinkCommander. I have downloaded Boost_1_35_0.tar.gz
and put it in the /sw/src directory. but when I use the following:
fink install boost_1_35_0.tar.gz
I get this error:
Information about 4414 packages read in 2 seconds.
Failed: no package found for specification 'boost_1_35_0.tar.gz'!
Can someone please tell what I am doing wrong.
You don't install directly from source archives using Fink
I also need to install
mpeg4ip and mkvtoolnix which are also not in FinkCommander.
I did try to use 'Fink configure' but I wasn't sure how to tell it
where
to search.
I have managed to install Boost using MacPorts, but I get an error
configure: error: Could not link against boost_regex-boost_regex-mt !
when I try to install mkvToolnix. So I assume not all the files are
being installed.
Don't bother asking about MacPorts installs on this list.
I looked at the this location 'http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php'
and found mkvtoolnix-nox and mkvtoolnix-qt. I also found several
versions of Boost with the likes of python25, python25-shlibs and
systempython etc., How can I get FinkCommander to see the files
from this location, and assuming that I can use one of these Boost
files which of the many options can I use. The same goes for the
mkv files I'm not sure what the nox or qt indicate.
Thanks,
Terrence
-nox means "without x11"
-qt means "using the QT toolkit"
The boost1.35 stuff is divided into:
boost1.35.nopython*, which is the python-independent stuff, which can
be installed alongside either boost1.35.python25*, which uses Fink's
python25 package, or boost1.35.systempython*, which uses the system's
built in python.
"fink configure" was the right idea, but you needed to use that to
turn on the unstable tree as per:
http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#unstable
make sure to run a selfupdate-rsync to get your new package
descriptions. To see the new packages in Fink Commander you might
need to run the Update Table command manually.
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