Recently, during issuing fink selfupdate I started to get: launch_msg(): Socket is not connected Execution of the command continues, but what it does mean? Dr Felix Frolow Professor of Structural Biology and Biotechnology Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Tel Aviv University 69978, Israel
Acta Crystallographica D, co-editor e-mail: [email protected] Tel: ++972 3640 8723 Fax: ++972 3640 9407 Cellular: ++972 547 459 608 On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Fink-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fink-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Can't install ghostscript? (Alexander Hansen) > 2. Re: Can't install ghostscript? (PNM) > 3. Re: mysql & python (Victor Eijkhout) > 4. xpdf (Peter Young) > 5. Re: xpdf (Alexander Hansen) > 6. Re: xpdf (Peter Young) > 7. Re: Problem with Dependencies During Update-All (Adrian Prantl) > 8. Finance::Quote problem (Mike Zanker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:04:40 -0500 > From: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] Can't install ghostscript? > To: PNM <[email protected]> > Cc: Fink List Users <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > PNM wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> It seems as if fink can't figure out which version of ghostscript to >> install. Hopefully the answer is in what I am providing: >> >> Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be >> able to >> fix things by running: >> >> fink scanpackages >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get install ghostscript=8.61-5 >> >> Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies >> [pmac2:~] payam2% fink list ghostscript >> Information about 7920 packages read in 0 seconds. >> fc-ghostscript 20050601-1 Add ghostscript fonts to fontconfig >> search >> p ghostscript [virtual package] >> i ghostscript-es 7.07.1-35 Enhanced GNU Ghostscript with better >> CJK... >> i ghostscript-fo 8.11-3 Standard fonts for Ghostscript >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> Payam__________ >> "Hell is truth seen too late." >> --William Sloane Coffin >> >> >> > What happens if you run the apt-get command shown above? My suspicion > is that you might have something installed that can't get along with > ghostscript-esp. > > -- > Alexander Hansen > Fink User Liaison > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:14:45 -0800 > From: PNM <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] Can't install ghostscript? > To: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> > Cc: Fink List Users <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > On Mar 6, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> PNM wrote: >>> fix things by running: >>> >>> fink scanpackages >>> sudo apt-get update >>> sudo apt-get install ghostscript=8.61-5 >>> >>> >> What happens if you run the apt-get command shown above? My >> suspicion >> is that you might have something installed that can't get along with >> ghostscript-esp. > > Silly me. Ok, I executed the last apt-get step, and it did the trick. > It didn't seem to install a new ghostscript version. It removed > ghostscript-esp. > > Thanks. > > Payam > ____ > "We are humanitarian and chivalrous; we don't want to enslave other > races, we simply want to bequeath them our values and take over their > heritage in exchange. ... A single world, our own, suffices us; but we > can't accept it for what it is." > --Stanislaw Lem, Solaris > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:58:13 -0600 > From: Victor Eijkhout <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] mysql & python > To: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Thanks. I have it sorted out now. > > Victor. > On 2009/03/05, at 3:10 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> Well, one fundamental issue is that we _don't_ have a mysql-python- >> py26: >> >> $ fink list -t mysql-python-py >> Information about 7955 packages read in 0 seconds. >> mysql-python-py24 1.2.2-1001 Python interface to MySQL >> mysql-python-py25 1.2.2-1001 Python interface to MySQL >> >> So you need to a) make sure you have one of those two installed, >> and b) >> use the python version appropriate to that. The "python" package has >> multiple versions, so you could do something like "fink install >> python-1:2.5.2-1" to point the "python" executable to python2.5. >> That's >> a bit fragile, since "fink update-all" will update it to 1:2.6-2 > > -- > Victor Eijkhout, 512 471 5809 (w), 512 499 0504 (h) > Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:13:38 -0800 (PST) > From: Peter Young <[email protected]> > Subject: [Fink-users] xpdf > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I have downloaded the binary code for xpdf, using Fink Comander, (for > viewing pdf files). The installation had no problem, and only the pdf > package was downloaded, but when I use it to view a pdf file, it can't > find any of the fonts. I get loads of error messages like > > Error: No display font for 'Courier' > > I'm using a Macbook PRO with Mac OS X 10.4.11. > > Do I need to also install another package? > -- > Peter Young > *==================================================================* > * Address : Physics Department, University of California, * > * : Santa Cruz, CA 95064 * > * e-mail : [email protected] * > * WWW : http://physics.ucsc.edu/~peter * > * Tel. : (831) 459-4151, messages (2329), Fax : (831) 459-3043 * > *==================================================================* > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:31:14 -0500 > From: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] xpdf > To: Peter Young <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > On Mar 7, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Peter Young wrote: > >> I have downloaded the binary code for xpdf, using Fink Comander, (for >> viewing pdf files). The installation had no problem, and only the pdf >> package was downloaded, but when I use it to view a pdf file, it >> can't >> find any of the fonts. I get loads of error messages like >> >> Error: No display font for 'Courier' >> >> I'm using a Macbook PRO with Mac OS X 10.4.11. >> >> Do I need to also install another package? >> -- >> Peter Young >> *==================================================================* >> * Address : Physics Department, University of California, * >> * : Santa Cruz, CA 95064 * >> * e-mail : [email protected] * >> * WWW : http://physics.ucsc.edu/~peter * >> * Tel. : (831) 459-4151, messages (2329), Fax : (831) 459-3043 * >> *==================================================================* >> > > No, it just needs to be tweaked on your system. By default, for some > reason, everything is turned off in the file that controls that > stuff: /sw/etc/xpdfrc . You'll either need to edit that, or copy it > to your home directory as follows: > > cp /sw/etc/xpdfrc ~/.xpdfrc > > and then edit the .xpdfrc file. > > That piece of information probably ought to get put in the package > description. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:09:41 -0800 (PST) > From: Peter Young <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] xpdf > To: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Dear Alexander, > > Many thanks. This was very easy to implement. > > Once again your response was extremely useful and very fast. Thanks a > lot. > > Best wishes, > > Peter Young > > On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> >> On Mar 7, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Peter Young wrote: >> >>> I have downloaded the binary code for xpdf, using Fink Comander, >>> (for >>> viewing pdf files). The installation had no problem, and only the >>> pdf >>> package was downloaded, but when I use it to view a pdf file, it >>> can't >>> find any of the fonts. I get loads of error messages like >>> >>> Error: No display font for 'Courier' >>> >>> I'm using a Macbook PRO with Mac OS X 10.4.11. >>> >>> Do I need to also install another package? >>> -- Peter Young >>> *==================================================================* >>> * Address : Physics Department, University of California, * >>> * : Santa Cruz, CA 95064 * >>> * e-mail : [email protected] * >>> * WWW : http://physics.ucsc.edu/~peter * >>> * Tel. : (831) 459-4151, messages (2329), Fax : (831) 459-3043 * >>> *==================================================================* >>> >> >> No, it just needs to be tweaked on your system. By default, for >> some reason, >> everything is turned off in the file that controls that stuff: >> /sw/etc/xpdfrc . You'll either need to edit that, or copy it to >> your home >> directory as follows: >> >> cp /sw/etc/xpdfrc ~/.xpdfrc >> >> and then edit the .xpdfrc file. >> >> That piece of information probably ought to get put in the package >> description. >> > > -- > Peter Young > *==================================================================* > * Address : Physics Department, University of California, * > * : Santa Cruz, CA 95064 * > * e-mail : [email protected] * > * WWW : http://physics.ucsc.edu/~peter * > * Tel. : (831) 459-4151, messages (2329), Fax : (831) 459-3043 * > *==================================================================* > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:39:56 +0100 > From: Adrian Prantl <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] Problem with Dependencies During Update-All > To: Jean-Fran?ois Mertens <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], Daniel Johnson <[email protected]>, > Fink Users <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Judging from the configure.ac from jack, it doesn't really matter > wether libsndfile is installed, if the pkg_check fails, the jackrec > example client just won't be built. So it would have also been safe to > remove the build dependency. But it seems Daniel was quicker :-) > > Adrian >> >> On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Jean-Fran?ois Mertens wrote: >> >>>> >>>> On 05 Mar 2009, at 16:29, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>>> I've gotten the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> [fink -y update-all] >>>>>> Information about 8827 packages read in 3 seconds. >>>>>> The following 2 packages will be installed or updated: >>>>>> libsndfile1-dev libsndfile1-shlibs >>>>>> The following 2 additional packages will be installed: >>>>>> jack-dev jack-shlibs >>>>>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (assuming default) >>>>>> Failed: Problem resolving dependencies. Check for circular >>>>>> dependencies. >>>> >>>> While maintainers fix this, you can probably get through by >> removing >>>> in one of the 2 pkgs the dependencies on the other, backing up the >>>> original >>>> info file; then install that one, then the other, them restore the >>>> original >>>> info file for the first and re-build the first. >> >> Oops. libsndfile1 only uses jack for the sndfile-jackplay program >> which I have now disabled. Update to libsndfile1 1.0.19-2 and >> everything should be good. >> >> Daniel > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: PGP.sig > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 194 bytes > Desc: Signierter Teil der Nachricht > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:21:27 +0000 > From: Mike Zanker <[email protected]> > Subject: [Fink-users] Finance::Quote problem > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi, > > I don't *think* this is a fink issue but somebody may have come across > this after installing gnucash2. I decided to start using online quotes > with but although I have the correct Yahoo Europe symbol, I'm getting > odd results: > > merlin:~ mike$ gnc-fq-dump yahoo_europe GB0033048843GBP > Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: > symbol: GB0033048843GBP <=== required > date: 00/00/2000 <=== required > currency: ** missing ** <=== required > last: 343.86 <=\ > nav: <=== one of these > price: 343.86 <=/ > timezone: <=== optional > > ** This stock quote cannot be used by gnucash!! > > Does anybody have any idea what's going on here? The price is actually > correct. > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source > code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > > > End of Fink-users Digest, Vol 35, Issue 6 > ***************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
