> On Oct 27, 2016, at 05:52, Mike Wilkes <mike.wil...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Continuing the attempt to install Octave 3.8.2-10. > > I seem to have found the right "system-java" from Apple's website, thanks to > the tip from Ben Abbott. > > The compile of octave-atlas-qtx11 now fails at the attempt to install > transfig-graphicx 3.2.5d-1014, with inconsistent dependencies. It is > suggested to "fink scanpackages", "sudo apt-get update", and "sudo apt-get > install transfig-graphicx 3.2.5d-1014", but this returns with "E: Version > '3.2.5d-1014' for 'transig-graphicx' was not found". >
Those instructions presume that either there is a binary distribution version of the package or a local one. You have neither as of yet: http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/transfig-graphicx > If I try to do a "fink install transfig-graphicx ", I get "could not resolve > inconsistent dependencies". > > I am running OS 10.10.5, with fink 0.40.0. > > Any ideas? Should I be trying to install a different version of Octave, like > octave-atlas-x11-qtx11, or maybe just octave-atlas, or something else from > fink? > > By the way, I seem to have xfig installed, which I thought required > transfig-graphicx, so I am puzzled by how it could be working without > transfig. Nope: Fionna-4:~ hansen$ fink show-deps xfig Scanning package description files.......... Information about 9929 packages read in 1 seconds. Package: xfig (3.2.6-1) To install the compiled package... The following other packages (and their dependencies) must be installed: app-defaults fig2dev (>= 3.2.6) libjpeg-bin libjpeg9-shlibs (>= 9-3) libpng16-shlibs libxaw3dxft-shlibs netpbm-bin x-ghostscript-fonts x11 x11-shlibs The following other packages must not be installed: [none] To compile this package from source... The following packages are also compiled at the same time: [none] The following other packages (and their dependencies) must be installed: app-defaults fig2dev (>= 3.2.6) fink (>= 0.32) fink-package-precedence flag-sort fontconfig2-dev (>= 2.10.0-1) freetype219 (>= 2.4.11-1) libjpeg-bin libjpeg9 (>= 9-3) libjpeg9-shlibs (>= 9-3) libpng16 libpng16-shlibs libxaw3dxft libxaw3dxft-shlibs netpbm-bin x-ghostscript-fonts x11 x11-dev x11-shlibs xft2-dev (>= 2.2.0-1) xz The following other packages must not be installed: [none] --- Every variant of Octave has the same transfig dependency so that won’t help. We currently have literally no way to know what you have on your system which is causing inconsistent dependencies. Also, it is fairly common that this scenario gets set up by users accidentally picking incompatible choices in the build chain. Can you provide the full output of an attempt at “fink install transfig-graphicx” ? -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern Developers Did the resurgence of CLI tooling catch you by surprise? Reconnect with the command line and become more productive. Learn the new .NET and ASP.NET CLI. Get your free copy! http://sdm.link/telerik _______________________________________________ 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
