help with fink ... please
- Thread starter Zeus
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thanks at first for your support ... but ... this is what i did ...
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fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:
(1) giflib
(2) libungif
Pick one: [1] 2
fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:
(1) system-xfree86
(2) system-xtools
(3) xfree86-base
Pick one: [1] 3
fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:
(1) ghostscript
(2) ghostscript6
Pick one: [1] 1
The following package will be installed or updated:
mc
The following 19 additional packages will be installed:
audiofile dlcompat esound ghostscript ghostscript-fonts glib gnome-libs gtk+
imlib libjpeg libpng libtiff libungif netpbm orbit passwd slang xfree86-base
zlib
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
curl -L -O ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/v1.4/slang-1.4.4.tar.gz
curl: (19) slang-1.4.4.tar.gz: No such file or directory.
### curl failed, exit code 19
Downloading the file "slang-1.4.4.tar.gz" failed.
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fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:
(1) giflib
(2) libungif
Pick one: [1] 2
fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:
(1) system-xfree86
(2) system-xtools
(3) xfree86-base
Pick one: [1] 3
fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:
(1) ghostscript
(2) ghostscript6
Pick one: [1] 1
The following package will be installed or updated:
mc
The following 19 additional packages will be installed:
audiofile dlcompat esound ghostscript ghostscript-fonts glib gnome-libs gtk+
imlib libjpeg libpng libtiff libungif netpbm orbit passwd slang xfree86-base
zlib
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
curl -L -O ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/v1.4/slang-1.4.4.tar.gz
curl: (19) slang-1.4.4.tar.gz: No such file or directory.
### curl failed, exit code 19
Downloading the file "slang-1.4.4.tar.gz" failed.
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genghiscohen
Membrum virile
Are you sure that a Darwin version of mc is available? There is a Fink command to update the list of all available packages. Can't remember it off the top of my head (I'm stuck at work right now), but it's in the Fink Read Me.
Red Phoenix
Registered
The problem, as you may have guessed, is that the source code for one of the packages that mc depends on appears to have moved. What happens is this: the packages that tell Fink how to download, compile, and install Fink change are constantly being updated, and so it would be impossible to release a new Fink every time things are updated. So instead, you can have Fink download the updated instructions with the following:
fink selfupdate
You might have to answer a few setup questions, but I remember that this was pretty straight forward. Anyway, this will even check to see if there is a new Fink itself and download and install it for you if need be. After you have done that, you should try typing
fink list
or
fink list | grep "(i)"
to see if anything you have currently installed needs updating (like new source downloaded, compiled, and installed). To actually update them, you can then update them with a single
fink update-all
or package by package with
fink update thepackageyouwanttoupdate
You don't really need to check what needs updating if you don't want to and just jump to the update-all, but personally I like seeing what's new.
Now you can try
fink install mc
and install mc and all of it's dependencies. This will take a while. A very long while.
Hope this helps...
fink selfupdate
You might have to answer a few setup questions, but I remember that this was pretty straight forward. Anyway, this will even check to see if there is a new Fink itself and download and install it for you if need be. After you have done that, you should try typing
fink list
or
fink list | grep "(i)"
to see if anything you have currently installed needs updating (like new source downloaded, compiled, and installed). To actually update them, you can then update them with a single
fink update-all
or package by package with
fink update thepackageyouwanttoupdate
You don't really need to check what needs updating if you don't want to and just jump to the update-all, but personally I like seeing what's new.
Now you can try
fink install mc
and install mc and all of it's dependencies. This will take a while. A very long while.
Hope this helps...
the problem seems to be the
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang...ng-1.4.4.tar.gz
file doesn't exist ....
there is only a newer and a older version
... now, is there some one can help me please to change the broken link in my fink installation ??
I 've also tryed to visit the fink home page ... but with no results ...
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang...ng-1.4.4.tar.gz
file doesn't exist ....
there is only a newer and a older version
... now, is there some one can help me please to change the broken link in my fink installation ??
I 've also tryed to visit the fink home page ... but with no results ...
kilowatt
mach-o mach-o man
This is a case-point example of why I don't like fink and rpm.
They make assumptions, and aren't easily configured.
In a perfect world they would work fine, but heh thats not this planet
Has anyone tried porting the FreeBSD 'ports' collection to Mac OS X?
Ports actually looks at several places for packages, searches your hard disk for packages you installed without it, and has a local db of packages and locations, etc etc.
it rocks!
They make assumptions, and aren't easily configured.
In a perfect world they would work fine, but heh thats not this planet
Has anyone tried porting the FreeBSD 'ports' collection to Mac OS X?
Ports actually looks at several places for packages, searches your hard disk for packages you installed without it, and has a local db of packages and locations, etc etc.
it rocks!
Red Phoenix
Registered
Yes, just read my previous post. You just need to update Fink's info files. I checked, as of 12:15 AM on Friday night, everything should be fine.
Unfortunatly I have already tryed .... but nothing ... fink doesn't work!!
)any other ideas ...
i've find mc even at http://macosx.forked.net/ ... but it doesn't work ...
NOTE: I need the non graphic version (for terminal!!)
Red Phoenix
Registered
Could you try one more time? I'm not trying to be a jerk, I actually think they fixed the Fink package very recently. Before I posted my last message, I checked the package and it was indeed trying to download a non-existent package. Just to be sure before posting though, I did I fink selfupdate and indeed it had been fixed. I didn't mention this, since you had not said you had tried my suggestion, so I thought you hadn't done it.
Like I said, they update Fink's packages a lot. There even ought to be a new version of Fink itself within the week or so (which you will be able to update to with a simple fink selfupdate again).
Like I said, they update Fink's packages a lot. There even ought to be a new version of Fink itself within the week or so (which you will be able to update to with a simple fink selfupdate again).
Valrus
Now With Even More Dumb!
I'm not positive, but I think this should work...
If updating through Fink doesn't work, you'll have to go in and change the .info file yourself.
Go to the directory
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/
and you'll find two relevant files:
slang-1.4.4-5.info
slang-1.4.4-5.patch
Open up the .info file. The second line should look like this:
Version: 1.4.4
Change it to
Version: 1.4.5
Since the version number is different, you need to tell Fink this so that it looks for the right file.
I think it should work if you do this... at least, it should get the slang library (this worked for me). But if one of the dependencies for mc is xfree86, it's probably a graphics version...
good luck
-the valrus
If updating through Fink doesn't work, you'll have to go in and change the .info file yourself.
Go to the directory
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/
and you'll find two relevant files:
slang-1.4.4-5.info
slang-1.4.4-5.patch
Open up the .info file. The second line should look like this:
Version: 1.4.4
Change it to
Version: 1.4.5
Since the version number is different, you need to tell Fink this so that it looks for the right file.
I think it should work if you do this... at least, it should get the slang library (this worked for me). But if one of the dependencies for mc is xfree86, it's probably a graphics version...
good luck
-the valrus
Dehuti
Electric whale
I'd like to get back to the first point - question "how to do it without having to install X11 files". Of course it's possible and easy. All you have to do is edit the file
./fink/10.2/stable/main/finkinfo/gnome/mc-4.5.55-2.info
(ver. number may be different)
and hash line "BuilDepends..."
after that create a new entry under hashed line, and enter: BuildDepends: glib
(that's beacuse you'll need glib to build mc). And it's it! You can safely ./fink install mc. It will take about 4 minuts!
bart
./fink/10.2/stable/main/finkinfo/gnome/mc-4.5.55-2.info
(ver. number may be different)
and hash line "BuilDepends..."
after that create a new entry under hashed line, and enter: BuildDepends: glib
(that's beacuse you'll need glib to build mc). And it's it! You can safely ./fink install mc. It will take about 4 minuts!
bart