[Fink-beginners] Moving to a new computer

2002-12-15 Thread Jim Saklad
Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, my gigahertz gigabyte Powerbook will arrive, and I will largely move from my 300 MHz Wallstreet G3 Powerbook. After I "establish" myself on the new TiBook, I figure I can copy much of my old ~ directory to the new one (including .cshrc), then copy /sw and

[Fink-beginners] Can't see/install unstable packages

2002-12-15 Thread Eric Wing
Hi, I'm running 10.2 and just got the new .5.0a version of Fink. I need to install a package from unstable (smpeg in my case). I just want this one package so I followed the instructions from the FAQ about how to do this for one or two specific packages (pasted below). However, after I do this, I

Re: [Fink-beginners] Can't see/install unstable packages

2002-12-15 Thread Martin Costabel
Eric Wing wrote: [] However, after I do this, I still can't see the packages or get Fink to grab them for me using dselect or apt-get. What am I missing? The paragraph from the FAQ just before the one you are quoting: "The package database knows about every package, including those that are st

Re: [Fink-beginners] Moving to a new computer

2002-12-15 Thread Martin Costabel
Jim Saklad wrote: [] You would need to copy /etc/X11, too. It might be just a symlink, though, depending on the version of xfree you have installed. Are there other Fink packages that install things outside of /sw ? If so, is there a list of such programs, that would better be installed from s

[Fink-beginners] WARNING: End of file reached during here-document

2002-12-15 Thread Roger Wong
I've started getting this error whenever I use 'fink list' command: Reading package info... WARNING: End of file reached during here-document. What's it mean? ---Roger --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Res

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Chia Hung
I am running 10.2 and have a .cshrc file. I created it and it works. Chia On 12/15/02 11:52 AM, "Jeffrey Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi-- > > I just wanted to let you know that the instructions for installing the new > version on 10.2 doesn't work in the default install configuration fo

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Individual . .
You state to pico the .cshrc file. In every configuration of OS X I've ever seen, the default terminal uses the .tcshrc file not .cshrc. You can use either. Try it. Paul --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great

[Fink-beginners] Re: [Fink-users] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Benjamin Reed
On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Jeffrey Ellis wrote: I just wanted to let you know that the instructions for installing the new version on 10.2 doesn't work in the default install configuration for 10.2. You state to pico the .cshrc file. In every configuration of OS X I've ever s

Re: [Fink-beginners] WARNING: End of file reached during here-document

2002-12-15 Thread Martin Costabel
Roger Wong wrote: I've started getting this error whenever I use 'fink list' command: Reading package info... WARNING: End of file reached during here-document. What's it mean? It means that one of your package descriptions (*.info file) is corrupt. Doesn't it tell you a file name or package n

Re: [Fink-beginners] WARNING: End of file reached duringhere-document

2002-12-15 Thread Roger Wong
It did not tell me what file it was. It just said "here-document." However, I know exactly which file it is because I copied a .info file from the unstable tree to the local tree. Now that I have removed it, I no longer get the warning. Thanks! ---Roger > From: Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: [Fink-users] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Martin Costabel
Benjamin Reed wrote: [] knew this from previous experience and was able to edit the .tcshrc file properly and get Fink running. But I do suggest that you amend the instructions to reflect -- or at least account for -- the use of the other file. I do agree with this, though. We should update it

Re: [Fink-beginners] WARNING: End of file reached during here-document

2002-12-15 Thread Martin Costabel
Roger Wong wrote: It did not tell me what file it was. It just said "here-document." The "here-document" thing means the zone between matching "<<" signs, like in CompileScript: << ./configure %c make STATIC_TEXMACS << If the second "<<" is missing or not at the beginning of a line, you g

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Jeffrey Ellis
Yes--But that isn't the default installation. I have a brand new clean system, one of many I have installed over the past year, and they have all used .tcshrc files. Perhaps this is because I also install Apple's Developer Tools?? All My Best, Jeffrey on 12/15/02 10:01 AM, Chia Hung at [EMAIL

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Martin Costabel
Jeffrey Ellis wrote: Yes--But that isn't the default installation. I have a brand new clean system, one of many I have installed over the past year, and they have all used .tcshrc files. Perhaps this is because I also install Apple's Developer Tools?? Neither .cshrc nor .tcshrc are there by def

Re: [Fink-beginners] WARNING: End of file reached duringhere-document

2002-12-15 Thread Roger Wong
What I did was copy 2 unstable .info files (specifically xmysqladmin-1.0-3.info and xmysqladmin-1.0-3.patch) from the unstable tree into my local tree via the terminal. I installed the app. Got the warning, but that didn't really affect me other than the warning. After your initial response that

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Jeffrey Ellis
Hi, Paul-- Actually, that was the first thing I tried. I edited the .cshrc file first, and couldn't get fink to run at all. That's when I went back and edited the .tcshrc file, and then fink ran smoothly. All My Best, Jeffrey on 12/15/02 11:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Individual . .
On Sunday, Dec 15, 2002, at 17:17 America/Santiago, Jeffrey Ellis wrote: Hi, Paul-- Actually, that was the first thing I tried. I edited the .cshrc file first, and couldn't get fink to run at all. That's when I went back and edited the .tcshrc file, and then fink ran smoothly. Oh. That's st

[Fink-beginners] KDE - error installing libxml2

2002-12-15 Thread David Orlovich
Hello Fink beginners and helpers. [mushroom:~] orlovich% fink -V Package manager version: 0.11.1 Distribution version: 0.5.0a.cvs I'm installing bundle-kde-ssl on a machine running OSX10.2.2+dev tools and am getting the following error when t tries to install libxml2. I've searched the archi

[Fink-beginners] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Jeffrey Ellis
Hi-- I just wanted to let you know that the instructions for installing the new version on 10.2 doesn't work in the default install configuration for 10.2. You state to pico the .cshrc file. In every configuration of OS X I've ever seen, the default terminal uses the .tcshrc file not .cshrc. Than

[Fink-beginners] Window with focus does not move to the front

2002-12-15 Thread Garry Ballenger
I am running Fink 5.0a on a Powerbook 667 with 1 gb RAM and OSX 10.2.2. My desktop is GNOME, my window manager is Sawfish. Many times, expecially in Evolution, when the focus shifts the new window stays hidden behind the last one that had the focus. I have to close, or minimize windows to chang

Re: [Fink-beginners] Moving to a new computer

2002-12-15 Thread Jim Saklad
Martin - Thanks very much for the advice. I'm steadily gathering more things to do while whiling away time at home recovering from surgery You would need to copy /etc/X11, too. It might be just a symlink, though, depending on the version of xfree you have installed. Are there other Fink p

Re: [Fink-beginners] KDE - error installing libxml2

2002-12-15 Thread Benjamin Reed
On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 05:56 PM, David Orlovich wrote: gcc -dynamiclib -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -o .libs/libxml2mod.so libxml.lo types.lo libxml2-py.lo -L/sw/lib -L/sw/src/libxml2-2.4.30-1/libxml2-2.4.30/.libs /sw/lib/libxml2.dylib -lc -install_name /sw/lib/python2.2/si

Re: [Fink-beginners] KDE - error installing libxml2

2002-12-15 Thread David Orlovich
thank you - you're a legend! It worked. Cheers, David. On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 04:10 PM, Benjamin Reed wrote: On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 05:56 PM, David Orlovich wrote: gcc -dynamiclib -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -o .libs/libxml2mod.so libxml.lo types.lo libxml2-p

[Fink-beginners] Re: [Fink-users] Fink 0.5.0a Install instructions

2002-12-15 Thread Ben Hines
On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 09:52 AM, Jeffrey Ellis wrote: Hi-- I just wanted to let you know that the instructions for installing the new version on 10.2 doesn't work in the default install configuration for 10.2. You state to pico the .cshrc file. In every configuration of OS X I've

[Fink-beginners] update=rc.d not found

2002-12-15 Thread MacconverT
dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. How do i correct this? This happens with everything I try to install using Fink? Peter (o o) oOOo-(_)-oOOo You will know fear. T