Don Paul wrote: > Alexander > > Thank you for your reply. It made me think. fink info plplot said > version was 5.8.0-1015. Ah, but that shows the _latest_ version, not what is currently installed on the system. One way to get that is:
dpkg -p plplot | grep Version > What I did was to force the removal of octave-atlas and then install > plplot which of course also reinstalled octave. Doing things this way > round seems to have worked. Perhaps you may understand why. I have no > idea. The initial part of the installation is given below. > > Don > > The following package will be installed or updated: > plplot > The following 3 additional packages will be installed: > octave-atlas plplot-dev plplot-shlibs > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > Reading buildlock packages... > All buildlocks accounted for. > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-i386/sci/octave-atlas_3.0.5-1_darwin-i386.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package octave-atlas. > (Reading database ... 192416 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking octave-atlas (from .../octave-atlas_3.0.5-1_darwin-i386.deb) > ... > Setting up octave-atlas (3.0.5-1) ... > * Octave: (octave). Interactive language for numerical computations. > install-info(/sw/share/info/octave.info): no section specified for new > entry, placing at end > > Setting runtime build-lock... > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015 > /sw/src/fink.build > dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015' in > `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015_2009.04.21-21.17.09_darwin-i386.deb'. > > Installing build-lock package... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015_2009.04.21-21.17.09_darwin-i386.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015. > (Reading database ... 194188 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015 (from > .../fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015_2009.04.21-21.17.09_darwin-i386.deb) > ... > Setting up fink-buildlock-plplot-5.8.0-1015 (2009.04.21-21.17.09) ... > gzip -dc /sw/src/plplot-5.8.0.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xvf - > --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions > > etc. > > I suspect that the package description for the older plplot might have been cached, and when you performed your operations the cache was updated and the current one became available. Just a guess. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
