[Fink-beginners] Offline mirror

2004-07-20 Thread Robert Collazo
I have a machine that I cannot connect to the internet but I want to install Fink. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to create and setup an offline repository so that I can install Fink and other packages? I have access to DVD's as well as removable hard drives. TIA.

[Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-20 Thread david bonde
When I try to install ghostscript: % sudo fink install ghostscript and picking all the default choices the installation process ends up with this error message: ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't batch-install packages:

[Fink-beginners] Fink install problem

2004-07-20 Thread LKT
I also have the same problem as Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fink Install problem 2004-07-17 07:18 I got the same error messages, as shown in the files he has posted http://www.sitesled.com/members/getfoul/finkerror1.jpg http://www.sitesled.com/members/getfoul/finkerror2.jpg I got the

[Fink-beginners] Ocaml

2004-07-20 Thread Holger Schulz
Does anyone know when version 3.08 of O'Caml will be ported to fink? Thanks hs --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today.

Re: [Fink-beginners] Update Problem

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
apt-get requires all of the packages in the dependency lists to be installed before it can do its thing. Since the initial message asked you to install python, you should try doing that (either from source or binary). All apt-get install or remove operations require you to be root (use

Re: [Fink-beginners] Ocaml

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
It was put in the unstable tree a few days ago. On Jul 20, 2004, at 8:41 AM, Holger Schulz wrote: Does anyone know when version 3.08 of O'Caml will be ported to fink? Thanks hs -- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink install problem

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
As far as I can tell, Fink should work for you, then--that's what your .profile should look like. On Jul 20, 2004, at 7:36 AM, LKT wrote: I also have the same problem as Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fink Install problem 2004-07-17 07:18 I got the same error messages, as shown in the files he has

Re: [Fink-beginners] libidn won't update: Misplaced {

2004-07-20 Thread Benjamin Reed
David Rogers wrote: Hi all. A couple of days ago I installed the Java developer 1.4.2 from Apple, which allowed libidn to update correctly that day. But when I ran update-all today (forgetting that I had just done it the other day), I got the following error. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Re: [Fink-beginners] Troubles with xfree

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
On Jul 20, 2004, at 6:58 AM, david bonde wrote: When I try to install ghostscript: % sudo fink install ghostscript and picking all the default choices the installation process ends up with this error message: You shouldn't necessarily pick the defaults, by the way. ### execution of dpkg failed,

Re: [Fink-beginners] Failed fink selfupdate-rsync

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
Read the FAQ: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.php#basic-headers On Jul 20, 2004, at 12:46 AM, Stephen Thudium wrote: Hello, Can someone suggest a remedy. I ran the subject command and after several minutes and many file downloads I got the below error messages. Making all in doc

Re: [Fink-beginners] Curious warning on installing fondu

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
Because there was a prior version in which the maintainer forgot to change the paths. On Jul 19, 2004, at 7:25 PM, Richard Vaughn wrote: Hi - Fink update-all installed a new version of fondu. At the end of the install I was a bit taken aback by the following warning messages: Preparing to

[Fink-beginners] bioperl installation woe

2004-07-20 Thread Chia Hung
Hi, guys, I am trying to install bioperl-pm581 (my Perl version is 5.8.1, so I need this version of bioperl, right?). I ran into a little bit of problem installing dependencies. When I first started, it asked me to choose a version of io-stringy-pm5XX to fulfill a virtual dependency. I chose

Re: [Fink-beginners] bioperl installation woe

2004-07-20 Thread Benjamin Reed
Chia Hung wrote: When I first started, it asked me to choose a version of io-stringy-pm5XX to fulfill a virtual dependency. I chose io-stringy-pm581 as my Perl version is 5.8.1. It then proceed to install many additional packages. When it got to mime-tools-pm581, it encountered a problem of

Re: [Fink-beginners] bioperl installation woe

2004-07-20 Thread Chia Hung
Thanks, Benjamin!!! You are wonderful!! Thanks also for maintaining it. Chia On Jul 20, 2004, at 9:53 AM, Benjamin Reed wrote: Chia Hung wrote: When I first started, it asked me to choose a version of io-stringy-pm5XX to fulfill a virtual dependency. I chose io-stringy-pm581 as my Perl version

Re: [Fink-beginners] how to stop mysql from daemonic

2004-07-20 Thread mark david mcCreary
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett) The instruction is mysqladmin shutdown which you can enter into any xterm window, but you may need to add a few things to this, usually the user and a password, eg. mysqladmin -u someUserName -p shutdown which would then prompt you for the password that goes

Re: [Fink-beginners] bioperl installation woe

2004-07-20 Thread Chia Hung
FYI, I have just re-tried installing bioperl-pm581 and everything went through without a hitch. Thanks, Benjamin for fixing it so quickly. Good luck with your new job, by the way. Cheers, Chia On Jul 20, 2004, at 9:53 AM, Benjamin Reed wrote: Chia Hung wrote: When I first started, it asked me

[Fink-beginners] Cannot update lyx

2004-07-20 Thread Theofilos Strinopoulos
I am trying to update lyx and I get an error message: Failed: Can't resolve dependency gcc2 for package lyx-1.3.4-1 (no matching packages/versions found) Theofilos --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java

Re: [Fink-beginners] Update Problem

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
Try sudo apt-get install gnome-vfs now--this is the same error as we started with! On Jul 20, 2004, at 12:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok . . . I ran sudo apt-get -f install and everything seemed to download correctly but when I went back to Fink and ran update all I got: WARNING:

Re: [Fink-beginners] Cannot update lyx

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
Read the FAQ: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.phpn#gcc2 On Jul 20, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Theofilos Strinopoulos wrote: I am trying to update lyx and I get an error message: Failed: Can't resolve dependency gcc2 for package lyx-1.3.4-1 (no matching packages/versions found) Theofilos --

Re: [Fink-beginners] Failed fink selfupdate-rsync

2004-07-20 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
I'm not sure: I'm on a fast connection and so I downloaded the monolithic package. In the meantime, you can install packages from the binary distribution, which doesn't require XCode. On Jul 20, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Stephen Thudium wrote: Thanks, for responding, Alexander. I have another

Re: [Fink-beginners] libidn won't update: Misplaced {

2004-07-20 Thread Jonathan Levi, M.D.
At 9:29 AM -0400 7/20/04, Benjamin Reed wrote: David Rogers wrote: Hi all. A couple of days ago I installed the Java developer 1.4.2 from Apple, which allowed libidn to update correctly that day. But when I ran update-all today (forgetting that I had just done it the other day), I got the

Re: [Fink-beginners] libidn won't update: Misplaced {

2004-07-20 Thread Benjamin Reed
Jonathan Levi, M.D. wrote: Just happened to me, too: PowerMac 450 DP, OS 10.3.4 (Didn't happen on my eMac 700 yesterday, but I didn't notice whether libidn was on the list of packages caught by my update-all). TIA for working to resolve the problem soon, it should be resolved, try a selfupdate

[Fink-beginners] acqua-graphite-3.2-22 wants qt3-shlibs (= 3.2.3-21)

2004-07-20 Thread Robert T Wyatt
after running fink scanpackages and attempting to fink update-all: Information about 3241 packages read in 15 seconds. Failed: Can't resolve dependency qt3-shlibs (= 3.2.3-21) for package acqua-graphite-3.2-22 (no matching packages/versions found) Tue Jul 20 15:42:13 CDT 2004 bash-2.05b# fink

Re: [Fink-beginners] Update Problem

2004-07-20 Thread dskoog
Here's where I.m at now. In Terminal: [Donald-Skoogs-Computer:~] donaldsk% sudo apt-get install gnome-vfs Password: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, gnome-vfs is already the newest version. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not

Re: [Fink-beginners] Cannot update lyx

2004-07-20 Thread Theofilos Strinopoulos
I installed gcc2.95.2.pkg then changed gcc_select back to 3.3, my current version and everything worked fine. Thanks! Theo On 7/20/04 3:24 PM, Kevin Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:04 -0700 20/7/04, you wrote: I am trying to update lyx and I get an error message: Failed: Can't resolve