[Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread René J . V . Bertin
Hello, I'm currently still using a Fink installation originally done under 10.3, and hardly touched after I upgraded to 10.4 (because it simply worked). Now, I'm waiting for a new MBP to arrive, so I'm looking into the best way to upgrade (best meaning breaks the least of the various dependencies

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/27/10 6:26 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: Hello, I'm currently still using a Fink installation originally done under 10.3, and hardly touched after I upgraded to 10.4 (because it simply worked). Now, I'm waiting for a new MBP to arrive, so

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/27/10 6:26 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: Hello, I'm currently still using a Fink installation originally done under 10.3, and hardly touched after I upgraded to 10.4 (because it simply worked). Now, I'm waiting for a new MBP to arrive, so

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Direct upgrading _wasn't_ supported. The 10.3 - 10.4 upgrade options were described back in 2006. Check out the 2006-07-01 and 2006-07-24 items from http://www.finkproject.org/news/ You might find it easier just to start afresh, however.

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On 2010-09-27, Alexander Hansen alexanderk.han...@gmail.com wrote: snip You're better off capturing a list of your installed packages in a text file, moving _that_ to your new machine, and then installing the packages from that file as per

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/27/10 9:32 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: On 2010-09-27, Alexander Hansen alexanderk.han...@gmail.com wrote: snip You're better off capturing a list of your installed packages in a text file, moving _that_ to your new machine, and then

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On 2010-09-27, Alexander Hansen alexanderk.han...@gmail.com wrote: At some point that will be moved to the main documents. Time just hasn't permitted. Ah, the usual under-dimensioned parameter :) It may make things a bit easier when you install on 10.6 if you have a fully updated Fink

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/27/10 9:51 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: On 2010-09-27, Alexander Hansen alexanderk.han...@gmail.com wrote: At some point that will be moved to the main documents. Time just hasn't permitted. Ah, the usual under-dimensioned parameter :)

Re: [Fink-users] upgrading an install from 10.3 days still possible

2010-09-27 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On 2010-09-27, Alexander Hansen alexanderk.han...@gmail.com wrote: They do, so it isn't a huge deal. You might get a few messages about nonexistent packages (or versions), and/or wind up installing some unused libraries. As I thought. In that case, it doesn't seem really worth the time

[Fink-users] Octave installation

2010-09-27 Thread Soumya Bera
Dear All, Installing octave giving a lot of troubles. Please let me know how to solve the problem as I don't have enough money to buy the expensive matlab. After lots of compilation time... --- . . Undefined symbols: __glp_lib_fault_hook,

[Fink-users] Fink Snow Leopard install error

2010-09-27 Thread Lizzy Wilbanks
Hi helpful-fink folks! I'm trying to install fink-0.29.10 from source on Snow Leopard (10.6.4) and I'm running into some issues. I get the following error: $./bootstrap Your hardware is a 64bit-compatible intel processor, so you have the option of running Fink in 64bit-only mode. This is not