Downloading the packages with dpkg manually did the trick, and the old G4 is
off and running again…slowly, but surely. Thanks one more time!
Now, a couple more problems. I wanted to install "firefox" on both the old G4
ppc running 10.5.8, and my MacBook Pro running 10.8.5. Why? Simply so I could
read the xfig users manual from inside xfig, which apparently needs a binary of
firefox to define the browser in its Fig file.
Firefox installed without problems on the G4, but did not create a binary
/sw/bin/firefox. To do that it appears I need to run an executable script
/sw/lib/firefox3/firefox, which is executable by all. Here are a few lines of
information, and showing what happens when I try to execute it:
g4ppc:firefox3 mikeppc$ pwd/sw/lib/firefox3
g4ppc:firefox3 mikeppc$ ls -al firefox-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3904 May 8
12:31 firefox
g4ppc:firefox3 mikeppc$ file firefoxfirefox: Bourne shell script text executable
g4ppc:firefox3 mikeppc$ firefox-bash: firefox: command not found
Then I tried to execute with . firefox:
g4ppc:firefox3 mikeppc$ . firefoxdirname: illegal option -- busage: dirname
pathbasename: illegal option -- busage: basename string [suffix] basename
[-a] [-s suffix] string [...]
run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute /sw/lib/firefox3/-bin.
[Process completed]
At this point Terminal hangs, I can't return to the shell (after trying every
ctrl- command I could think of, ctrl-D, ctrl-Z, ctrl-C, ctrl-\), and have to
close Terminal. I unfortunately know very little about shell programming (or
any other kind of programming for that matter), so I am now stuck with regard
to G4.
Then, I tried installing firefox(8) on my MacBook Pro, again so I could read
the xfig users manual on it from inside xfig. This resulted in the following
errors:
2 errors generated.make[6]: *** [nsDBusHandlerApp.o] Error 1make[6]: Leaving
directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0/uriloader/exthandler'make[5]:
*** [exthandler_libs] Error 2make[5]: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0/uriloader'make[4]:
*** [libs_tier_platform] Error 2make[4]: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0'make[3]:
*** [tier_platform] Error 2make[3]: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0'make[2]:
*** [default] Error 2make[2]: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0'make[1]:
*** [realbuild] Error 2make[1]: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release'make: *** [build] Error
2make: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release'### execution of
/tmp/fink.Zt1Qn failed, exit code 2### execution of /tmp/fink.kElsk failed,
exit code 2Removing runtime build-lock...Removing build-lock
package.../sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-firefox8-8.0.1-4(Reading
database ... 232886 files and directories currently installed.)Removing
fink-buildlock-firefox8-8.0.1-4 ...Failed: phase compiling: firefox8-8.0.1-4
failed
Also include the following system information:Package manager version:
0.36.4.1Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Thu May 8 08:31:22 2014, 10.8,
x86_64Trees: local/main stable/main unstable/mainXcode.app: 5.1.1Xcode
command-line tools: 5.0.1.0.1.1377666378Max. Fink build jobs: 1
Ran selfupdate and checked FAQ's, but didn't see anything on this particular
problem. I am sure this post is not directed correctly, and probably much too
long. My apologies in advance. But thank you both for any help you can
provide.
-Mike
"I cannot even imagine where I would be
today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of
joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun." - Charles R.
Swindoll
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 06:23:20 -0700
> From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
> To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problems with sources.list and osx 10.5 powerpc?
>
> On 5/4/14, 5:13 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
> > Hi, Alex. I decided to try to resuscitate my old g4 PowerBook,
> > reinstalled osx 10.5.8, installed xcode tools 3.1.4, updated to fink
> > 0.34.10. Was able to install "nedit" just fine, but cannot install
> > "texlive" or "gv". Here is what happened with "texlive" attempt:
> >
> > g4ppc:apt mikeppc$ sudo fink install texlive
> > Information about 13397 packages read in 8 seconds.
> >
> > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> > candidates:
> >
> > (1)ghostscript: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
> > (2)ghostscript-esp: Ghostscript with better CJK and cups support
> > (3)ghostscript6: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v6.01
> >
> > Pick one: [1]
> > The following package will be installed or updated:
> > texlive
> > The following 122 additional packages will be installed:
> > appleotffonts applesystemfonts automake1.11 automake1.11-core blt-dev
> > blt-shlibs cairo cairo-shlibs cpan-meta-pm588 cpan-meta-requirements-pm588
> > cpan-meta-yaml-pm db53-aes db53-aes-shlibs docbook-dsssl-nwalsh
> > docbook-dtd
> > docbook-xsl doxygen exporter-pm extutils-cbuilder-pm extutils-command-pm
> > extutils-install-pm extutils-makemaker-pm extutils-makemaker-pm588
> > extutils-manifest-pm file-copy-recursive-pm file-path-pm588
> > file-temp-pm588
> > flag-sort fondu gd2 gd2-shlibs gdbm3 gdbm3-shlibs getoptbin ghostscript
> > ghostscript-fonts gnome-doc-utils gtk-doc intltool40 json-pp-pm lcms2
> > lcms2-shlibs libidn libidn-shlibs libjbig libjbig-shlibs libjbig2dec-dev
> > libjbig2dec-shlibs libjpeg8 libjpeg8-shlibs libkpathsea6
> > libkpathsea6-shlibs
> > liblzma5 libncursesw5 libncursesw5-shlibs libopenjpeg libopenjpeg-shlibs
> > libopenjpeg1 libopenjpeg1-shlibs libpaper1-dev libpaper1-shlibs libpng15
> > libpng15-shlibs librarian.08-shlibs libtiff libtiff-shlibs libtiff5
> > libtiff5-shlibs libxml2 libxml2-bin libxml2-py27 libxml2-shlibs libxslt
> > libxslt-bin libxslt-shlibs nkf openjade openmotif3 openmotif3-shlibs
> > opensp-bin opensp5-dev opensp5-shlibs openssl100-dev openssl100-shlibs
> > parse-cpan-meta-pm pixman pixman-shlibs poppler-data poppler4
> > poppler4-shlibs
> > poppler4-xpdf ptexenc1 ptexenc1-shlibs python27 python27-shlibs rarian
> > rarian-compat readline6 readline6-shlibs sgml-entities-iso8879 sqlite3-dev
> > sqlite3-shlibs t1lib5-nox t1lib5-nox-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs
> > teckit-dev teckit-shlibs test-harness-pm588 test-simple-pm588 texlive-base
> > texlive-texmf version-pm588 version-requirements-pm588 xdg-base xfontpath
> > xinitrc xmkmf xml-parser-pm588 zziplib13-dev zziplib13-shlibs
> > Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> > /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q --ignore-breakage --download-only install
> > docbook-dsssl-nwalsh=1.79-4 docbook-dtd=4.5.0-1 ghostscript-fonts=8.11-3
> > nkf=2.0.7-1 xfontpath=0.4-16 xmkmf=1.0.2-1002
> > Reading Package Lists...
> > Building Dependency Tree...
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > docbook-dsssl-nwalsh docbook-dtd ghostscript-fonts nkf xfontpath xmkmf
> > 0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 4890kB of archives. After unpacking 20.9MB will be used.
> > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net stable/main docbook-dsssl-nwalsh 1.79-4
> > 404 Not Found
> > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net stable/main docbook-dtd 4.5.0-1
> > 404 Not Found
> > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net stable/main ghostscript-fonts 8.11-3
> > 404 Not Found
> > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net stable/main nkf 2.0.7-1
> > 404 Not Found
> > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net stable/main xfontpath 0.4-16
> > 404 Not Found
> > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net stable/main xmkmf 1.0.2-1002
> > 404 Not Found
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//text/docbook-dsssl-nwalsh_1.79-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > 404 Not Found
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//text/docbook-dtd_4.5.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > 404 Not Found
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//text/ghostscript-fonts_8.11-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > 404 Not Found
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//text/nkf_2.0.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > 404 Not Found
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11/xfontpath_0.4-16_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > 404 Not Found
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//devel/xmkmf_1.0.2-1002_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > 404 Not Found
> > E: Some files failed to download
> > ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code 100
> > Failed: Downloading at least one of the following binary packages failed:
> > docbook-dsssl-nwalsh_1.79-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > docbook-dtd_4.5.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > ghostscript-fonts_8.11-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > nkf_2.0.7-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > xfontpath_0.4-16_darwin-powerpc.deb
> > xmkmf_1.0.2-1002_darwin-powerpc.deb
> >
> > I have added the lines:
> >
> > deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5 stable main
> > deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5 stable crypto
> >
> > to /sw/etc/apt/sources.list, but apparently am missing something. Any
> > suggestion besides finally getting rid of the PowerBook? Thanks, you
> > have been very helpful in the past, and much appreciated.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
> Unfortunately, 10.5 is not supported by the project any more and I don't
> have a 10.5 environment handy for testing fixes. If I could get a group
> of 10.5 enthusiasts to chip in enough money where I didn't have to keep
> my day job, I'd definitely remedy that. :-)
>
> It looks like fink might have rewritten your sources.list. You might
> want to check that. I'm not seeing evidence of your .deb lines in the
> output above. Try putting the revised lines in a "local" region of
> sources.list--where the comments say that it's safe to add local
> repositories.
>
> If that doesn't work, you can still download the .deb files manually
> from within
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.5/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/{text,x11,devel}
>
> and use "sudo dpkg -i <path/to/filename.deb>" to install them.
>
> And it's probably safe to turn off binary distribution access to fink in
> "Fink configure", since the binary distribution was built in July 2008
> and most packages have been updated since then.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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