To get the latest and greatest packages you need to do 'fink selfupdate-cvs'.
On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 12:54, willy.wonka wrote: > i've been trying to use fink. i've heard lots of really good things. but > it's not being nice to me. > i've tried it a couple times in the past, and not really gotten into it. > trying again recently when i finally got XDarwin to work, i've finally > decided to ask for help. > > i tried `fink install xchat` > after picking a couple of packages, i got returned this: > curl -f -L -s -S -O > http://www.sleepycat.com/update/3.3.11/db-3.3.11.tar.gz > curl: (22) The requested file was not found > ### curl failed, exit code 22 > Downloading the file "db-3.3.11.tar.gz" failed. > > i checked http://www.sleepycat.com/update/3.3.11/, and by golly, there is > no db-3.3.11.tar.gz there. > so, just for giggles, i tried installing a few of the other packages it > said i needed. when i tried `fink install openssl`, i found it wanted > install openssl 0.9.6c, while i already had 0.9.6g binaries [though i'm > pretty sure osx leaves out some of the libraries applications look for > when installing]. > when a friend of mine tried it, he got 0.9.6g-1. so i tried `fink > selfupdate`, and it claimed that i was already up to date. so i > downloaded and reinstalled fink. same results. > > now i'm at a bit of a loss of what to do next. any ideas? > > -c > > chaos was the law of nature. order was the dream of man. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 57 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
