Monic,
The output for
fink selfupdate is
curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.27.16' -O
http://www.finkproject.org/CURRENT-FINK-10.5
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
0 13 0 13 0 0 19 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
0
You already have the package descriptions from the latest Fink point
release. (installed:10.5-0.9.0.2 available:10.5-0.9.0.2)
If you wish to change your update method to one which updates more
frequently, run the command 'fink selfupdate-rsync'.
---------------------------
The output fink selfupdate-rsync is
Please note: the command 'fink selfupdate' should be used for routine
updating; you only need to use 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or
'fink selfupdate-rsync' if you are changing your update method.
The current selfupdate method is point. Do you wish to change the default
selfupdate method to rsync? [Y/n] n
I chose "no" here (for no good reason other than not wanting to change too
much.
Was this my error?
-----------------------
The output for fink index -f is
Scanning package description files..........
-----------------------------
The output for fink selfupdate (run a second time) is
curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.27.16' -O
http://www.finkproject.org/CURRENT-FINK-10.5
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
0 13 0 13 0 0 32 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
0
You already have the package descriptions from the latest Fink point
release. (installed:10.5-0.9.0.2 available:10.5-0.9.0.2)
If you wish to change your update method to one which updates more
frequently, run the command 'fink selfupdate-rsync'.
---------------------------------
Thanks,
Suren
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Suren Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have run into a problem installing tetex (which I need to run TeXmacs).
> I have checked the archives
> and found a thread (initiated by Todd Krause) that described a situation
> similar to mine, but unfortunately
> what worked for him has not worked for me.
>
> Briefly, here is the problem:
>
> When I try to install tetex-base I get the following error messages.
>
> ... /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> tetex-base
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package tetex-base-3.0-1005
>
> The first two lines of output for fink --version are
>
> Package manager version: 0.27.16
> Distribution version: 0.9.0.2 powerpc.
>
> My computer is a PowerPC G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.7.
>
> As suggested by Alex Hansen in the thread that I referred to earlier, I ran
>
>
> fink selfupdate
> fink selfupdate-rsync
> fink index -f
> fink selfupdate,
>
> followed by a further attempt to install tetex-base, to no avail.
>
> Any suggestions on what I should be doing here would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Suren Fernando (fink newbie)
>
>
> <[email protected]>
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