Thanks a lot, I'll try that! > On 21Oct2014, at 22:04, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/21/14, 6:03 PM, Peter Olmsted wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 1. I'm trying to get things set up on Yosemite. I have to reinstall >> everything from scratch, and have run into a couple of snafus. The immediate >> one that surfaced on more than one package is that some packages seem to >> require xmkmf. For example: >> >> Tue 21 Oct 8:22pm> fink install texlive >> Information about 9905 packages read in 1 seconds. >> Can't resolve dependency "xmkmf (>= 1.0.2-3)" for package >> "texlive-0.20110705-105" (no matching packages/versions found) >> Exiting with failure. >> >> This also happened with xfig. >> >> Looking around, it seems that xmkmf is an outdated form of makefile that is >> no longer supported. What do we do for packages that we need such as these? >> Do I move to MacPorts or something else? Can I get xmkmf somewhere? >> >> 2. The package listing on the fink website doesn't work: >> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/index.php?phpLang=en >> >> It says "The database was last updated Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:01:27 (UTC) and >> currently lists 1 packages in 26 sections." and a search or clicking on one >> of the sections, picks up nothing. Is the web listing dead? >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> - Peter >> >> ==================================================================== >> Peter D Olmsted >> ==================================================================== >> >> >> >> > > Hand-builds or using Macports won't help much with Fink problems without > additional hacking of the package descriptions, because Fink worries about > _package_ dependencies rather than _files_, in general. > > xmkmf currently isn’t working properly on Yosemite because we haven’t been > able to get llvm-gcc42 to build, and xmkmf currently requires that. I’ll > file a report with the llvm-gcc42 maintainer about that. > > You can try installing xmkmf, llvm-gcc42, and llvm-gcc42-shlibs from the 10.9 > binary distribution: > > Download the packages from > > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.9/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/devel/xmkmf_1.0.6-1203_darwin-x86_64.deb > > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.9/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/languages/llvm-gcc42_2336.11-7_darwin-x86_64.deb > > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.9/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/languages/llvm-gcc42-shlibs_2336.11-7_darwin-x86_64.deb > > then use > > sudo dpkg -i /path/to/*.deb > > to install them. > > Or, if you think you'll need the 10.9 binary distribution for more packages, > you can follow the 10.9 instructions at the bottom of > > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net > > and put the "deb ..." line in the areas of /sw/etc/apt/sources.list which are > safe for local modifications. > > I don't think I can help with the package database issue--I don't have admin > access to that server. > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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