On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Alexander Hansen wrote: > If you've done "fink configure" and made sure to set all of the proxy options > there, that's a start. > > I don't know if the cvs-proxy package actually works at all on Leopard, > though. > > I believe the binary distribution may be your best bet, since that works via > http. Try using "apt-get install" to acquire some packages, and if that > works, then I can give you the address of an unofficial binary distribution > which has packages that didn't make it into the official one.
I have now got direct ftp access. I have to use proxy for http, though. I have configured fink accordingly. I started with the installation of xfig using fink. Although there were possibly some error/warning messages, xfig got installed. When I invoke xfig, I get a lot of error messages, though. One of the error messages is that I am not using the latest version of app-defaults, but according to the FinkCommander, I have the latest version of app-defaults. Another error message is that xfig cannot export the files. Thinking that there is some problem with the latest version of xfig, I tried installing the previous version of xfig, namely, xfig323. I get the following error message: Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.5/release/main xfig323 3.2.3d-4 Could not connect to bindist.finkmirrors.net:80 (17.254.17.246). - connect (60 Operation timed out) This message comes several times and the program exits, with the suggestion that it is unable fetch some archives and that I may run apt-get update. When I invoke the command sudo apt-get update, the program gets stuck at 40% [Connecting to bindist.finkmirrors.net (17.254.17.246)] and I get the message, Failed to fetch http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/10.5/current/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/Packages Could not connect to bindist.finkmirrors.net:80 (17.254.17.246). - connect (60 Operation timed out). This message comes many times and the program exits. I want to know whether I still have some proxy related problems - at present I have direct ftp and rsync access. http access is through a proxy. Is the problem with xfig (latest) due to not having all consistent files. Why is the apt-get program not working? Thanks. Kannan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
