On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/21/11 11:41 AM, Viv Kendon wrote: >> I've been round this loop a few times now, trying to do a fresh >> install of octave-atlas: >> >> While trying to install: arpack-96patched-6 >> >> The following inconsistencies found: Unsatisfied dependency in >> arpack: arpack-shlibs (= 96patched-6) >> >> Trying to resolve dependencies... Could not resolve inconsistent >> dependencies! >> >> 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 >> arpack=96patched-6 >> >> Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent >> dependencies >> >> Do what it suggests, and you just go round the loop again. How do >> I get past it? >> >> This is on 10.6.8 with everything else up to date: >> i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) >> (dot 3) Package manager version: 0.31.3 Distribution version: >> selfupdate-rsync Fri Oct 21 15:35:13 2011, 10.6, x86_64 Trees: >> local/main local/crypto stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main >> unstable/crypto > > I just noticed this issue recently while working on updates to Octave. > > You can work around this by building just fltk-backend-x11-oct324 > first. That only has a build-time dependency on arpack (but _should_ > allow both arpack and arpack-atlas). After that you can install > bundle-octave324-atlas.
Many thanks, that worked. (The way it built all of octave then threw most of it away brought back memories of epic builds of OpenOffice.org and its language packs...) -- Viv ________________________________________________ Dr Viv Kendon http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv tel: +44 113 343 4864 Physics and Astronomy Quantum Information Group University of Leeds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
