On 3/21/06, Daniel Culver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander, > I dumped the com.sburrious.finkcommander.plist and sw/var/finkdb and > installed new commander still only showing current installs. I ran > index and cleanup from the terminal. I am shaking my head and hoping > I don't have to start from scratch. Can you think of anything else. > Because I ran the commands from the terminal I think that the > commander is not the problem, but I don't know to be sure. > Thanks Dan > On Mar 21, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > > On 3/21/06, Daniel Culver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thank you Alexander, > >> I have used update table several times and replaced the commander > >> twice, no change. Can I discard the configure on F commander without > >> effecting the Fink installs? How should I proceed? > >> Thanks again Dan > >> On Mar 20, 2006, at 5:48 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >> > >>> On 3/20/06, Daniel Culver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> I've been using fink happily for awhile, but, somewhat > >>>> minimally, and > >>>> recently I added to the packages I was using and I did something to > >>>> mess up Fink Commander from the terminal window I think. The window > >>>> will only show the packages I have and non that are available from > >>>> the mirrors. Also it is showing the category as unknown on all > >>>> packages except virtual. I think I may have disabled the auto- > >>>> index, > >>>> but I don't understand how to fix it. > >>>> Thanks in advance for any help, Dan > >>>> Daniel Culver > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> Try manually running "update table". If that doesn't work, you may > >>> need to replace the Fink Commander application. > >>> > > My memory must be off. You can definitely trash the preference file > > (~/Library/com.sburrious.finkcommander.plist). > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Fink Documenter > > [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment > > http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ > > Daniel Culver > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
"fink cleanup" is absolutely irrelevant here: it removes outdated source files and binary archvies. "fink index" might have done something, but apparently not in this case. Fink commander has its own method of keeping track of the Fink package database. If you do "fink list -n" do you see any packages? (That should show those that aren't installed.) By the way, it's never a good idea to muck around in /sw manually (except perhaps /sw/etc for configuration purposes). I told you to dump the Fink commander preference file because I knew that that wouldn't do anything bad to your underlying Fink setup. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
