Re: [Fink-beginners] apt-get error while downloading wget and lynx

2002-02-24 Thread Tai Toh
Thanks Alex, In response to what you wrote: 1) OS specifics I'm running Package manager version: 0.9.7, Distribution version: 0.3.2a, I'm also running OS 10.1.3 if that's of any interest. My OS 10 / 9 install is a vanilla install on the same partition/volume, Fink was installed sometime in Janu

[Fink-beginners] Problem running nethack

2002-02-24 Thread Mat Rice
Just installed nethack v3.3.1-4. Apparently there were a few dependencies: Depends: ncurses, gnome-libs, passwd (>= 20011007-1) Gnome-libs also needs: imlib, orbit (>= 0.5.12), esound, passwd (>= 20011007-1) I let it install what it needed. Orbit had a bit of trouble installing, but after a re

Re: [Fink-beginners] Xdarwin -quartz

2002-02-24 Thread Martin Costabel
Jesse Williams-Proudman wrote: > > I installed Xfree86 and when I try to run Xdarwin, I get: > > [12-228-156-163:~] jesse% XDarwin -quartz > > Fatal server error: There are several different methods for starting X11, but this is not one of them. You either - double-click on the XDarwin applic

[Fink-beginners] Xdarwin -quartz

2002-02-24 Thread Jesse Williams-Proudman
I installed Xfree86 and when I try to run Xdarwin, I get: [12-228-156-163:~] jesse% XDarwin -quartz Fatal server error: Command line option -quartz is not available without Quartz support. Install the optional Xquartz.tgz tarball for Quartz support. OsVendorFatalError AbortDDX Quitting XD

Re: [Fink-beginners] help with installing pgplot

2002-02-24 Thread Jens Nockel
Hi, have you tried inserting -L/sw/pgplot before the -lpgplot to set the path for the linker ? Actually, there is a variable containing that path, as you can verify by typing echo $PGPLOT_DIR When you start a new shell to execute source /sw/bin/init.csh in your init file, this environment varia

Re: [Fink-beginners] help with installing pgplot

2002-02-24 Thread Martin Costabel
Biman Nath wrote: > > Hi, > I installed a gcc (with g77) package to run fortran programmes on mac > os x, and when I was looking around for a suitable plotting package, I > found `fink'. I installed `pgplot' from it, and it seemed to do it without > any problems. But when I tried to run some samp

[Fink-beginners] help with installing pgplot

2002-02-24 Thread Biman Nath
Hi, I installed a gcc (with g77) package to run fortran programmes on mac os x, and when I was looking around for a suitable plotting package, I found `fink'. I installed `pgplot' from it, and it seemed to do it without any problems. But when I tried to run some sample fortran file, like, `g77 sa

Re: [Fink-beginners] launching nedit

2002-02-24 Thread Jeff Whitaker
> > You should install the version nedit-5.2-2 from unstable. > > Jeff, any reason why this one is not yet in stable? I think the faster > the old versions of lesstif and the binaries compiled with them are > replaced the better. Or is there any incompatibility with the old > XFree86 that is stil

[Fink-beginners] Xman displays postscript source code

2002-02-24 Thread Richard D. Gill
I have the following problem with Xman, which is part of xfree86, right? When I open a manual page with Xman, the page is displayed as postscript source code (produced by groff). So its a bit difficult to read... I have xfree86-base, ghostscript and ghostview (gv), blackbox window manager. Do I n

Re: [Fink-beginners] launching nedit

2002-02-24 Thread Martin Costabel
Jean-Michel LEON-FOUN-LIN wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm a newcomer in the community. > > I have just installed XFree, XDarwin and Oroboros to take advantage of > some of the apps I discovered under Linux some years ago. Of course I've > also installed Fink. > I have managed to install and run xfig,