Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-10 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 10.10.2013 um 17:41 schrieb Richard Miles: > it always trys to download xv-3.10.a.tor.gz despite I changiing it to > xv.10.1.tar.gz? Look into your xv.info file! There the correct name of the archive is recorded, for example as xv-%v.tar.gz The variable %v is set quite early in th

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-10 Thread Richard Miles
it always trys to download xv-3.10.a.tor.gz despite I changiing it to xv.10.1.tar.gz? On Oct 9, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 10/9/13 4:08 PM, Richard Miles wrote: >> I downloaded a tar file (xv-3.10.a.tar >> did make >> it said malloc.h missing :( >> > > That's why Fink exist

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-10 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 10.10.2013 um 01:08 schrieb Richard Miles: > I downloaded a tar file (xv-3.10.a.tar > did make > it said malloc.h missing As Alexander already mentioned, you should have downloaded the archive into /sw/src, the directory where Fink stores the software archives. This step could no be perform

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-09 Thread Alexander Hansen
On 10/9/13 4:08 PM, Richard Miles wrote: > I downloaded a tar file (xv-3.10.a.tar > did make > it said malloc.h missing :( > That's why Fink exists. If you copy xv-3.10.a.tar.gz, and it MUST be xv-3.10.1.tar.gz, into /sw/src, you can just use "fink install xv" -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink Us

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-09 Thread Richard Miles
I downloaded a tar file (xv-3.10.a.tar did make it said malloc.h missing :( On Oct 9, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: > On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:35:37 +0200, Peter Dyballa > wrote: > >> Am 09.10.2013 um 19:37 schrieb Richard Miles: >> >> > Downloading the file "xv-3.10a.tar.gz" failed. >>

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-09 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 09.10.2013 um 22:10 schrieb Daniel Macks: > If you find a stable archive site, please let me know so I can add it > as another possible URL to try for xv itself. ftp://ftp.trilon.com/pub/xv/xv-3.10a.tar.gz -- Greetings Pete If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-09 Thread Daniel Macks
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:35:37 +0200, Peter Dyballa wrote: > Am 09.10.2013 um 19:37 schrieb Richard Miles: > > > Downloading the file "xv-3.10a.tar.gz" failed. > > Xv is so old, it's possible that it is deleted from the usual FTP > servers. You could try to download it manually after googleing fo

Re: [Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-09 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 09.10.2013 um 19:37 schrieb Richard Miles: > Downloading the file "xv-3.10a.tar.gz" failed. Xv is so old, it's possible that it is deleted from the usual FTP servers. You could try to download it manually after googleing for it and put it into /sw/src… -- Greetings Pete <\

[Fink-users] xv fails

2013-10-09 Thread Richard Miles
The following package will be installed or updated: xv The following additional package will be installed: libpng14 Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (assuming default) curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.35.2' -O ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv/xv-3.10a.tar.gz % Total% Received % Xferd