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/
> 


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