Re: [Fink-beginners] dpkg error cant find update-rc.d

2002-12-12 Thread Ben Hines
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 10:35 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: Brian Dye wrote: Please forgive me if this question has been asked previously, I could not find anything in the FAQ about it. I get the error message listed below when I attempt to use apt-get. dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found

Re: [Fink-beginners] dpkg error cant find update-rc.d

2002-12-12 Thread Martin Costabel
Brian Dye wrote: Please forgive me if this question has been asked previously, I could not find anything in the FAQ about it. I get the error message listed below when I attempt to use apt-get. dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH

Re: [Fink-beginners] Q's about FinkCommander

2002-12-12 Thread Martin Costabel
Mat Rice wrote: [] 2. I asked this a while ago, but lost a bunch of e-mail and I don't remember the outcome. When I run FinkCommander selfupdate-cvs I get this error (setenv: Too many arguments.) Everything seems to go OK. Is it a problem? Make sure you don't have spaces in the path names for yo

[Fink-beginners] Re: Can I mix KOffice apps with non-KDE WIndow Mangers?

2002-12-12 Thread William C. Ingle-Gillis
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 00:12, Ben Hines wrote: > KDE apps work fine in Oroborosx. I suspect you just aren't waiting long > enough. KDE apps can take a *VERY* long time to start, some on the > order of 2 minutes on my Dual 800 mhz G4. If you are running a rev C > imac, I would give them a good 5-1

Re: [Fink-beginners] clhep-1.8.0.0-1

2002-12-12 Thread Matt Stephenson
All the warnings you are seeing are harmless and shouldn't cause you any problems. Matt Manuel Bardiès wrote: Well, I rebuilt the library, but I still have the same message when I use ranlib... However, the linker doesn't complain because of clhep... There is something else, though (not relat

Re: [Fink-beginners] python and fink

2002-12-12 Thread Ben Hines
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 04:20 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: Could the library modules be made into a separate package? Then system python could just add those modules and python-whole would be the current fink python. Of course, I have no idea if the modules and libpython N

Re: [Fink-beginners] Gramps installation question

2002-12-12 Thread Ben Hines
I'll take a look at the problem. Make sure to email the mantainer about problems like this. (me :) "fink info packagename" to get maintainer. -Ben On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 03:30 PM, Alan Rakes wrote: I am not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this question. I just installed

[Fink-beginners] Another FinkCommander Q

2002-12-12 Thread Mat Rice
Where did the preference for table updates go? Is this one that got axed, or am just missing it? I find that with my machine (G4/450) table updates are long and frequent and I'd really like to turn them off autopilot. Any one else really miss it? -Mat

[Fink-beginners] Q's about FinkCommander

2002-12-12 Thread Mat Rice
I'm not sure really where to ask this , but here goes: 1. Why does FinkCommander not show versions (in the package list) for binaries, now that there are binaries for 10.2 2. I asked this a while ago, but lost a bunch of e-mail and I don't remember the outcome. When I run FinkCommander selfupdate

[Fink-beginners] dpkg error cant find update-rc.d

2002-12-12 Thread Brian Dye
Please forgive me if this question has been asked previously, I could not find anything in the FAQ about it. I get the error message listed below when I attempt to use apt-get. dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually co

[Fink-beginners] another rootless KDE problem (originally Can I mix KOffice appswith non-KDE WIndow Mangers?)

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
There was an earlier thread about an identical problem running KDE in rootless mode. I don't remember if they installed it via apt-get or from source. Were you able run ICEwm and fvwm in rootless mode? There was a question in the prior thread from Torrey Lyons at XonX about whether other window

Re: [Fink-beginners] python and fink

2002-12-12 Thread Hanspeter Niederstrasser
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 18:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I noticed that fink 0.5.0a on OS 10.2.2 wants to intall a different version of > > python (2.2.2-1) on the system (2.2). I noticed that the behavor of the two > > are different when they st

Re: [Fink-beginners] Can I mix KOffice apps with non-KDE Window Managers?

2002-12-12 Thread Ben Hines
KDE apps work fine in Oroborosx. I suspect you just aren't waiting long enough. KDE apps can take a *VERY* long time to start, some on the order of 2 minutes on my Dual 800 mhz G4. If you are running a rev C imac, I would give them a good 5-10 minutes to start up, during which time it may appea

[Fink-beginners] Re: Fink-beginners digest, Vol 1 #575 - 10 msgs

2002-12-12 Thread William C. Ingle-Gillis
> > Now the biggie: (apt-)got the full KDE bundle, got it all installed ... > > and to my relief it worked the very first time, once i'd figured out how > > and where to edit .xinitrc. Loads and runs a little sluggish; and must > > run fullscreen (won't run rootless) -- but it does the trick by a

Re: [Fink-beginners] python and fink

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
There was a thread on fink-users about this. Basically, the reason tat fink insists on its own python is that the system version doesn't have any library modules. On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 18:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I noticed that fink 0.5.0a on OS 10.2.2 wants to intall a different version

[Fink-beginners] Gramps installation question

2002-12-12 Thread Alan Rakes
I am not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this question. I just installed via fink the gramps genealogy program. In general it seemed to work just fine. When I added a picture to the database, it tried to make a thumbnail of the picture and it failed with the following error message: --

[Fink-beginners] python and fink

2002-12-12 Thread mcolosim
I noticed that fink 0.5.0a on OS 10.2.2 wants to intall a different version of python (2.2.2-1) on the system (2.2). I noticed that the behavor of the two are different when they start. Is there a reason why the system version can not be used (I have cvs and unstable in the path)? I don't like to

Re: [Fink-beginners] General question on libraries

2002-12-12 Thread Remi Mommsen
Hi Manuel, On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 10:06 AM, Manuel Bardiès wrote: It is possible to find some libraries in several places. For example, dlcompat is available through Fink, but it's also possible to find a dlcompat here: http://www-jlc.kek.jp/~fujiik/macosx/10.2.X/memo/RPMonX.html

[Fink-beginners] Problem installing myodbc

2002-12-12 Thread Tim Anderson
Hi, I tried installing myodbc with fink, but I get errors every time and the installation fails. Here are the errors I'm getting. Any idea how to fix this, or do I need to wait for someone to fix it on the package/fink side? [X-Factor:~] ande2965% fink install myodbc sudo /sw/bin/fink install

RE: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print

2002-12-12 Thread Garry Ballenger
Thanks, I'll try it. -Original Message- From: Alexander Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'fink-beginners' Subject: RE: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print I know that for 10.0 and 10.1 lpr required some extra legwork to get i

RE: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
I know that for 10.0 and 10.1 lpr required some extra legwork to get it to work (I looked on macosxhints.com). What I do now is use the rlpr package. On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 14:37, Garry Ballenger wrote: > I also have a network printer. I hope I am not being a pest but can you > point me to instru

RE: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print

2002-12-12 Thread Garry Ballenger
I also have a network printer. I hope I am not being a pest but can you point me to instructions on how to get lpr to find my printer? I send jobs to lpr now and they just go away. -Original Message- From: Alexander Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:3

RE: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
It is, insofar as the system can interface with the printer. I use a network printer (lpr) and things seem OK. Maybe someone else on this list has tried other configurations. On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 13:48, Garry Ballenger wrote: > I guess I thought gnome-print was there to take output from appl

Re: [Fink-beginners] dyld: wmaker Undefined symbols: _XFreeGC

2002-12-12 Thread Martin Costabel
Craig Harbuck wrote: On Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002, at 08:20PM, Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Craig Harbuck wrote: [] dyld: wmaker Undefined symbols: _XFreeGC This symbol is defined in the library /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.4.dylib. Oops, eyes crossed at 2:20am... It is rather /us

[Fink-beginners] Re: can't install package tcltk-dev-8.4.1-1

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
I guess it all comes down to the "Too many links" error message. I'm not sure what it means. Do you have a bunch of symbolic links on your system? On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 10:57, guy lauquin wrote: > >Try rebuilding (fink rebuild) tcltk-shlibs. > > > >On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 22:33, guy lauquin wrote

RE: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print

2002-12-12 Thread Garry Ballenger
I guess I thought gnome-print was there to take output from applications and send it to the printer of my choice. What does gnome-print do? The better question is under what circumstances, parallel, network printer, etc., will Gnome put a printer in it's tool box and make it available to applicat

Re: [Fink-beginners] Can I mix KOffice apps with non-KDE WindowManagers?

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 05:19, William C. Ingle-Gillis wrote: > Short story: I want to run KOffice apps in XDarwin rootless with a > non-K window manager, but they don't seem to run properly. They run > just fine in KDE itself, so I know they're working. Just need to know > how / if I can tweak ot

Re: [Fink-beginners] dpkg/available

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
Start by doing 'fink scanpackages' On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 12:34, Michael Mosley wrote: > > I am a Unix newbie who has taken the plunge. I have installed Fink > inOSX 10.2 and everything was fine until some updates failed now I > get this message while trying to update Fink. > > The followin

Re: [Fink-beginners] XDarwin fails to load

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 03:13, Michèle Garoche wrote: > I've installed fink on a G3 running 10.2.2 via cvs unstable on a slave > disk of the main disk., xfree86 threaded versions. > > When I tried to start XDarwin, I've got the following errors (and > apparently there are a bunch of alias librarie

Re: [Fink-beginners] dyld: wmaker Undefined symbols: _XFreeGC

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
>> > _ > > New Topic: IDL 5.6 > _ > > In case anyone is familiar with IDL (interactive data language, www.rsinc.com ) I >need to install IDL 5.6 for Mac OS X which comes with XDarwin - do you know if I > can install that version of xdarwin (XFree86 ver

[Fink-beginners] General question on libraries

2002-12-12 Thread Manuel Bardiès
It is possible to find some libraries in several places. For example, dlcompat is available through Fink, but it's also possible to find a dlcompat here: http://www-jlc.kek.jp/~fujiik/macosx/10.2.X/memo/RPMonX.html Same with CLHEP, or others... (ghostscript, Xdarwin, etc...). Obviously I'd rathe

Re: [Fink-beginners] base packages

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
If you start on 10.1, you will wind up having to update a fair number of packages--some of which will require you to download new sources. I don't think the base package setup is that big, but I don't know the exact figure. However, I can give you an estimate, based on the size of the binary inst

Re: [Fink-beginners] Gnome Print

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
I'm not sure what the current state of the art on USB printers and the command-line/Xwindows on OSX is. Maybe someone who actually has a local printer hooked up will have more info. A workaround would be to print to a postscript file and use Ghostscript to generate a PDF file. Then you can print

[Fink-beginners] KDE problems

2002-12-12 Thread Ryan Bobel
Title: KDE problems I have a powerbook running 10.2.2 and wanted to install fink and kde.  I had fink installed on a previous pb with no problems but now I’m having some.  I followed the instructions on the website and installed the release of fink compatible with 10.2.2.  I then installed xfree

Re: [Fink-beginners] host tarball not found?

2002-12-12 Thread Alexander Hansen
The remote site is down. You should let the maintainer of the package know about it (shown when you do 'fink describe host'). On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 20:04, Patrick Berge wrote: > I was trying to install xtraceroute which requires host (no binaries only > source). > > >fink install host > .

[Fink-beginners] dpkg/available

2002-12-12 Thread Michael Mosley
I am a Unix newbie who has taken the plunge. I have installed Fink inOSX 10.2 and everything was fine until some updates failed now I get this message while trying to update Fink. The following package will be installed or updated: fink dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-po

[Fink-beginners] Can I mix KOffice apps with non-KDE Window Managers?

2002-12-12 Thread William C. Ingle-Gillis
Short story: I want to run KOffice apps in XDarwin rootless with a non-K window manager, but they don't seem to run properly. They run just fine in KDE itself, so I know they're working. Just need to know how / if I can tweak other WMs to run them. Longer version: Got the new Fink 0.5a

[Fink-beginners] XDarwin fails to load

2002-12-12 Thread Michèle Garoche
I've installed fink on a G3 running 10.2.2 via cvs unstable on a slave disk of the main disk., xfree86 threaded versions. When I tried to start XDarwin, I've got the following errors (and apparently there are a bunch of alias libraries which have no original files): 2002-12-12 09:03:29.536 XDa