On 9/14/05, Robert Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 13, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Kevin Horton wrote: > > > > > "fink install khexedit" will install the package you want. > > No, it won't. You have to configure fink properly first. > > > You don't need to try to devine which .info file has it. How could > > it get any simpler? > > No, it won't. You have to configure fink properly first. > > I was just following the FAQ, Q5.8, which said to move the .info file > for the package you wanted to the stable tree. > > Later, after I added the unstable tree to fink.conf, I never ran > "fink list khexedit", because I had run that command earlier and of > course it didn't work; I expected it to continue not to work because > I still expected an info file. > > Please don't assume that because you know how to do something that it > is both clear and simple. I made an honest effort to figure this out > on my own, and I couldn't. It certainly wasn't simple to me, or I > would have done it! > > Since you pointed out how "simple" it should have been, here are the > gory details about what happened in my case: > > 1. I asked someone for a recommendation for a good free hex editor > for the Mac. They said to try khexedit, which is available in the > fink unstable tree for 10.4. > > 2. "fink list khexedit" - returns nothing > > 3. I checked the FAQ about unstable packages, which gave me two > options: update the conf file, or move the .info file. I chose the > second. > > 4. I couldn't find the .info file for khexedit. > > 5. Ran "fink selfupdate" (CVS), hoping khexedit.info would appear > (of course it didn't) > > 6. Checked fink web page for khexedit, and found a package > description. I saw that the parent was something, but I had no idea > that "parent" meant that khexedit didn't have a .info file. > > 7. Used Fink commander to update the conf file for unstable > packages. Searched for khexedit and didn't find it. I guess I > needed to restart FC after making the change? (It is there now) It > sure would have been nice if FC told me I needed to restart FC for it > to show the unstable packages. > > 8. Frustrated, I asked on the list for your kind help. > > Of course, now that I know how simple the process *could* have been, > I am that much for frustrated. I followed what, to me, was a logical > course at the time. > > As an end user without intimate knowledge of how fink really works, > it was not a nice experience. Now that I have a little more > knowledge (e.g. not all packages have .info files), I expect I won't > have trouble finding packages. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Robert Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > BS, Aeronautical Engineering Univ. of Md., College Park > Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) > (301) 286-1591 > > >
The documentation is being updated to deprecate moving single .info files and instead to encourage turning on all of the unstable tree--especially given that the more popular packages from the unstable tree tend to depend on a lot of other packages in that tree, and/or versions of other packages that reside in that tree. And because it's a royal pain to mix-and-match stuff. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
