Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread bcsi
Success! You guys really know how to provide great support. Interesting that this is the first time this issue has come to light? I also noticed a few quirks along the way. Please let me know if I should report these in some other manner: * I was about to click OK on the dialog which asked

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread David R. Morrison
OK, I see the problem. Our script checks that the value starts with "10.4." which would be appropriate for everything except the original (where the .0 is not supplied). Since you have some experience with Unix things, you should be able to fix this as follows. Open (i.e., mount) the .dmg

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread bcsi
The value 10.4 is reported from 'defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductUserVisibleVersion'. I really appreciate your quick interest in resolving this. I'm glad to provide the requested information. Out of curiousity, does the installer have fairly straightforward s

[Fink-beginners] xml-sax-pm586

2006-10-18 Thread Arjan Van Der Vaart
Hi, I have troubles installing xml-sax-pm586. Many gnome packages (from bundle-gnome) seem to depend on this. What can I do to solve this problem? Thanks, Arjan [arjans-computer:~] arjan% fink install xml-sax-pm586 Information about 5497 packages read in 0 seconds. The following package will be

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread David R. Morrison
On Oct 18, 2006, at 7:50 PM, bcsi wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Alexander - > > The correct version 8A428 is reported by 'defaults read /System/ > Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductBuildVersion' in a > Terminal window. > What do you get from 'defaults read /System/Library/CoreService

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread bcsi
Thanks for the reply, Alexander - The correct version 8A428 is reported by 'defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductBuildVersion' in a Terminal window. I installed the OS from scratch on an empty hard drive, using the original Tiger DVD from Apple. The system is pla

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread Alexander Hansen
On 10/18/06, bcsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Running Fink 0.8.1-PowerPC Installer.pkg under Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 (8A428) on > a 400 MHz G3 iMac with 256MB RAM produces this dialog: > > "Fink cannot be installed on this computer. > > This Fink Installer is for OS X 10.4 only. Please visit > http:

[Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this computer.

2006-10-18 Thread bcsi
Running Fink 0.8.1-PowerPC Installer.pkg under Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 (8A428) on a 400 MHz G3 iMac with 256MB RAM produces this dialog: "Fink cannot be installed on this computer. This Fink Installer is for OS X 10.4 only. Please visit http://finkproject.org to get the correct installer for yo

Re: [Fink-beginners] svn needs X11

2006-10-18 Thread Benjamin Reed
Alexander Hansen wrote: > And why would you think we'd make people install -anything- that > wasn't necessary, especially X11? Get real! > > If you were to install the version from the binary distribution, you'd > find a much leaner list of packages. Here's what shows up for my > already-built

Re: [Fink-beginners] svn needs X11

2006-10-18 Thread Craig Smith
On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Jeff Spitz wrote: > > Hello, I just installed fink. The very first package I tried to > install > was svn, which apparently requires X11. This is so incredibly > stupid that > it gives me the urge to uninstall fink immediately. > > Note 'xfree86 xfree86-shlibs'

Re: [Fink-beginners] svn needs X11

2006-10-18 Thread Alexander Hansen
On 10/18/06, Jeff Spitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I just installed fink. The very first package I tried to install > was svn, which apparently requires X11. This is so incredibly stupid that > it gives me the urge to uninstall fink immediately. > Go for it. We're not stopping you.

[Fink-beginners] svn needs X11

2006-10-18 Thread Jeff Spitz
Hello, I just installed fink. The very first package I tried to install was svn, which apparently requires X11. This is so incredibly stupid that it gives me the urge to uninstall fink immediately. Note 'xfree86 xfree86-shlibs' at the end of the package list. Idiots. merlin:~% fink selfupdat