Re: Fink

2010-12-16 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 11, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Tina K. wrote: I've read the FAQ on the Fink project but I'm still not entirely clear on what exactly it is. Is it an operating environment a la Java, or an emulator like Virtual Box or Wine? Is it strictly a repository of ported apps with apt-get

X11 (Re: Fink)

2010-12-16 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 11, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/12/11 13:42, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: All applications installed in this fashion either run on the command line or via X-Windows That makes sense, thanks for the explination. When you say X- Windows, would that be X-11? X11

RE: Fink

2010-12-16 Thread John Ruschmeyer
From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Juran Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:17 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fink I tried Fink on my first OS X installation (Panther). Since Fink has a much smaller set of package

Re: Fink

2010-12-14 Thread Sri Gupta
On Dec 11, 2:42 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Tina K. wrote: I've read the FAQ on the Fink project but I'm still not entirely clear on what exactly it is. Is it an operating environment a la Java, or an emulator like Virtual Box or

Re: Fink

2010-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Tina K. wrote: When you say X-Windows, would that be X-11? Yes. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a

Re: Fink

2010-12-11 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 11, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Tina K. wrote: I've read the FAQ on the Fink project but I'm still not entirely clear on what exactly it is. Is it an operating environment a la Java, or an emulator like Virtual Box or Wine? Is it strictly a repository of ported apps with apt-get

Re: Fink

2010-12-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Tina K. wrote: I've read the FAQ on the Fink project but I'm still not entirely clear on what exactly it is. Is it an operating environment a la Java, or an emulator like Virtual Box or Wine? Is it strictly a repository of ported apps with apt-get

Re: Fink

2010-12-11 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/11 13:42, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: All applications installed in this fashion either run on the command line or via X-Windows That makes sense, thanks for the explination. When you say X-Windows, would that be X-11? Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX

Re: Fink

2010-12-11 Thread Kris Tilford
I believe MacPorts is preferable to Fink. You need to have X11 and the Developer Tools (Xcode) installed. Then install MacPorts. MacPorts is command line from Terminal. As a GUI similar to Software Update I've been using Porticus, which is really nice and very simple to use. Porticus is

Re: Fink

2010-12-11 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/11 15:26, Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I believe MacPorts is preferable to Fink. Fink wouldn't install, it didn't like my permissions even after repair. You need to have X11 and the Developer Tools (Xcode) installed. Then install MacPorts. MacPorts is command line from