I used the first option. It works now. Thank you very much for your help! Dany
On 2012-03-27, at 6:40 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 3/27/12 2:50 PM, Dany Plouffe wrote: >> I installed proj-4.7.0 about 1 month ago on another computer. I still have >> the file proj-4.7.0.tar.gz on this computer. Is there a way to install it >> without having any conflict with fink? Is there a way fink can pick this >> file? > > That would work, and you can use that from within Fink. You don't even need > to copy that source over (into /sw/src), though there's no reason not to do > that. > > 1) Download the package description for proj-4.7.0 from > > http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fink/dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/proj.info?revision=1.10 > > making sure to save it as just "proj.info" > > 2) Move this proj.info into /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo > > 3) Use > > fink install proj-4.7.0-1 proj-shlibs-4.7.0-1 > > to install this version. > > Another option, if your other machine is also using 10.6/i386 Fink, would be: > > 1) copy > > > /sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-i386/sci/proj-shlibs_4.7.0-1_darwin-i386.deb > > > and > > > /sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-i386/sci/proj_4.7.0-1_darwin-i386.deb > > over from your other system to the one where you're having problems. > > Or download the copies that I've built and placed online from: > > http://akh.users.finkproject.org/debs/proj_4.7.0-1_darwin-i386.deb > http://akh.users.finkproject.org/debs/proj-shlibs_4.7.0-1_darwin-i386.deb > > > 2) Use > > sudo dpkg -i /path/to/proj_4.7.0-1_darwin-i386.deb > /path/to/proj-shlibs_4.7.0-1_darwin-i386.deb > > (replacing /path/to with the actual path to the files) > >> Does it take time to correct the packages on fink usually? > > It depends on what needs to be changed. >> Thanks! >> >> Dany >> >> >> > > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > http://finkakh.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/got-job/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ 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