[Fink-beginners] Fink help wanted

2002-12-17 Thread J Reid
Hi all, I wanted to know whether it is possible to use fink to install packages that have been downloaded independently of Fink. I prefer to download stuff at work because of the speed, and then bring it home on ZIP. If someone could let me know if this is possible and how to do it because I am

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink help wanted

2002-12-18 Thread Individual . .
I believe you can download the file and then just put it in the /sw/src dir. Paul On Wednesday, Dec 18, 2002, at 02:47 America/Santiago, J Reid wrote: Hi all, I wanted to know whether it is possible to use fink to install packages that have been downloaded independently of Fink. I prefer to

Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink help wanted

2002-12-18 Thread Alexander Hansen
On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 05:48, Individual . . wrote: > I believe you can download the file and then just put it in the /sw/src > dir. This is true for installing packages from source as long as your info/patch files on the home machine call on the same source file (i.e. make sure to "selfupdate-cvs