Dear Hanspeter, Thanks so much for the rapid and helpful response. I'm sorry if the question was a foolish one (I figured that the 5100/586/588 packages would be outdated for OS X 10.8, which ships with Perl 5.12, but I didn't see any other options available in the package database or in the output of 'fink list').
I tried running 'fink list bioperl-pm', but it couldn't find any packages that matched that string: "localhost:~ nmcnulty$ fink list bioperl-pm Scanning package description files.......... Information about 6302 packages read in 1 seconds." My first thought was that perhaps BioPerl is defunct, or at least, has pulled its packages from fink. But, that seems like the kind of action that would warrant some kind of notice or update on their Wiki for sure... Thanks, Nate On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <f...@snaggledworks.com> wrote: > On 12/6/2012 8:12 PM, Nathan McNulty wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'm very new to Fink, so pardon me if this is a dumb question... >> >> I'm currently trying to use fink to install BioPerl per the >> instructions provided on the BioPerl website, which seem pretty >> straightforward: >> >> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_BioPerl_on_Mac_OSX > > > That page is very outdated as it still refers to OS X 10.4, which hasn't > been supported by Fink in over a year. > >> I've gotten fink installed without any issues. However, I don't seem >> to be able to install any of the three bioperl packages described in >> the fink package database: >> >> Name Latest Version Description >> bioperl-pm5100 1.6.901-2 Perl module for molecular biology >> bioperl-pm586 1.6.901-2 Perl module for molecular biology >> bioperl-pm588 1.6.901-2 Perl module for molecular biology > > > and 'fink list bioperl-pm5123' ? > > >> For example, if I attempt to run the command "fink install >> bioperl-pm586", I get the following message: >> >> "Failed: no package found for specification 'bioperl-pm586'!". > > > Yes, because pm586 packages only exist on 10.5/ > > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/bioperl-pm586 > >> So, at this point, I'm stuck. I can't figure out why these packages >> aren't showing up in the output from 'fink list'. Any thoughts? > > > 'fink list <STRING>' will give a list of any packages that contain STRING in > their name. So 'fink list bioperl-pm' will show you which flavor of bioperl > is available for your system. > > Dustin, any chance you can contact the bioperl developers and ask them to > update their wiki? > > Hanspeter > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
