On 5/2/12 1:50 PM, Victoria Coles wrote: > Hi, > > Using OSX 10.6.8 and having just scraped clean an old fink > installation and reinstalled it (0.32.6), I am able to install GMT, > but not python. > > fink --use-binary-dist install python25
( --use-binary-dist won't do anything special unless you actually have a binary distribution available, and we don't have an official one for 10.6 and later. ) > Information about 10985 packages read in 8 seconds. > The package 'python25' will be built and installed. > Reading build dependency for python25-2.5.6-102... > WARNING: While resolving dependency "x11-dev" for package > "python25-2.5.6-102", package "x11-dev" was not found. > Can't resolve dependency "x11-dev" for package "python25-2.5.6-102" > (no matching packages/versions found) > Exiting with failure. > > Same error via fink commander. Fink Commander runs the same command, so that's no surprise. > > I have x11 installed as the mac default. (XQuartz 2.3.6 (xorg-server > 1.4.2-apple56)) It seems to function fine standalone and via matlab. > Yes, because you have all of the runtime stuff. You're presumably missing either some of the header files, or perhaps the whole > The x11 fink documentation doesn't address much past OSX 10.4, Yeah, it needs updating. That's in the works. and I > have reviewed past posts but don't see anything about x11-dev. > > I'd appreciate any suggestions. > > Victoria > Please post what you get from running the following commands in a terminal window: pkgutil --pkgs=".*X11.*" fink-virtual-pkgs --debug 2>&1 | grep -A31 libX11 Those outputs will help make it clearer as to what is going on with your setup. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison http://finkakh.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/got-job/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
