2005/5/24, andrew cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [originally sent to fink-beginnners, but received no reply] > > hi, > > i don't know zip about fink or macs, but seem to be responsible for my > partner's powerbook (g4 12" running osx 10.3.9). maybe a year ago i > installed fink and used it for something (x11, i think). it worked fine > then. > > now she wants to install gimp. when i ran update i got errors about cvs > conflicts. after removing some files (as instructed by the "in the way" > cvs errors) i got the following error when i did an update (ie clicking on > the green icon with a downwards pointing arrow in fink commander): > > [lots of cvs output] > Reading package info... > No package name in [... many similar lines] > Failed: Error performing percent expansion: unknown % expansion or nesting > too deep: "python%type_pkg[python]". at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm > line 284. > > this is with > > fink --version > Package manager version: 0.17.1 > Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs > > looking for previous help with this problem, all i found was an email at > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=3200&style=flat&viewday=28&viewmonth=200406 > which said "wipe /sw and start over". > > is that correct? if so, what happens to software previously installed > with fink? does it get wiped too? if so, can i get a list of currently > installed software so i know what to reinstall?
The errror message (unknow % expansion ...) itself is a bug in a package which the maintainer should fix. I don't see what package caused the error in your message other than "python%type_pkg[python]. Anyway, if you just want to install gimp (or gimp2?), pick gimp or gimp2 and go Binary -> Install, or run "apt-get install gimp2" in Terminal.app. It is better to run "fink selfupdate" before you run apt-get because you are using a very-old fink (FinkCommander can do from somewhere in the menu). Thank you -- BABA Yoshihiko http://homepage.mac.com/babayoshihiko ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt12&alloc_id344&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
