Geoffrey Smith
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:14:36 -0700
On 3/18/10 9:36 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 3/18/10 8:22 AM, Geoffrey Smith wrote: >> On 3/17/10 6:32 PM, fink-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >>> Message: 6 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:27:46 -0400 From: Hanspeter >>> Niederstrasser<f...@snaggledworks.com> Subject: Re: [Fink-users] gdal >>> and x86_64 To: fink-users<fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: >>> <4ba11112.9020...@snaggledworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; >>> charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 3/17/10 9:21 AM, Geoffrey Smith wrote: >>>>> I am running Snow Leopard and >>>>> >>>>> gbsmith$ fink --version >>>>> Package manager version: 0.29.10 >>>>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Wed Mar 17 08:45:08 2010, 10.6, >>>>> x86_64 >>>>> >>>>> I am trying to install gdal, but, I get an error telling me it depends >>>>> on xerces-c-dev -- unfortunately I cannot find xerces-c-dev anywhere in >>>>> the x86_64 version of fink. >>> xerces-c-dev is restricted and not available on x86_64 >>> <http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/xerces-c-dev>. Contact the >>> maintainer to ask if it's possible to modify the package to let it build >>> on x86_64. If it can't be, then gdal will have to be modified to mark >>> it as not available on x86_64. >>> >>>>> Another more general question - is there, or is there planned, a way to >>>>> install both 64bit and 32bit versions of packages from the same fink >>>>> install? >>> No. You can bootstrap a 2nd copy of Fink into a different directory >>> (like say /sw and /sw32) and for 99.9% of things they will coexist >>> happily without seeing each other, but a Fink install can only do a >>> single architecture. >>> >>> Hanspeter >>> >>> >>> >> >> Thanks for the info. I have contacted the maintainer directly and am >> waiting for a response. >> >> Thanks for the tip about moving the dir out of the way - I may work on >> that. I was hoping for a solution like used with yum where you can >> select _64 packages from the same list as the _32, but I don't have any >> idea of the technical difficulties that raises. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> -g >> >> > > I don't think that's specific to _yum_, per se, but rather to _Linux_. > > You needn't actually move the directory (and doing so actually makes > things more complicated). If you install 64-bit in /sw and 32-bit in > /sw32, you can use executables from either tree. You can sort of toggle > between them by changing the line in your .profile that mentions > > . /sw/bin/init.sh > > to use > > . /sw32/bin/init.sh > > instead, and then start a new terminal window. That way you can still > give the full path to your 64-bit executables and use them even when the > 32-bit tree is active. > > If, instead, you move the 64-bit Fink tree the executables will mostly > be broken until you move it back, because they won't be able to find > Fink libraries that they link to. > - -- > Alexander Hansen > Fink User Liaison > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkuiLGAACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8t0wCgmwpgCrIniNzKZ/KDRcQYQ0Sk > ofAAn3XjYhau4sa79SG6YcVlJH+tpsrl > =t9OL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
Thanks for the tutorial - it makes sense, and I will give it a try. -g -- Geoffrey Smith Code 7233 Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Ave., SW Washington, DC 20375 voice: 202.404.6324 geoffrey.sm...@nrl.navy.mil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users