[Fink-beginners] update list failure

2002-08-13 Thread Rene Christen
Hi I've installed fink on 10.1. Everything went smooth until I selected update from the menu, then; Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net release/main Packages 46% [Connecting to fink.sourceforge.net (216.136.171.201)]FATAL - Could not set non-blocking flag Operation not supported by device Ign

Re: [Fink-beginners] python -V

2002-08-13 Thread Martin Costabel
Holger Schulz wrote: python -V should print out the version, butit does nothing. I'd like to check which version of python runs. Hmm.. costabel% python -V Python 2.2.1 costabel% fink list --installed python Information about 1378 packages read in 1 seconds. i gnome-python 1.4.1-7

[Fink-beginners] trouble installing lix

2002-08-13 Thread GD
hi here what i get when i try to install lix : what i am supposed to be doing? apt-get install lyx Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the

Re: [Fink-beginners] trouble installing lix

2002-08-13 Thread Alexander Hansen
Is xforms available on the binary distro (i.e. can you install anything with 'apt-get install xforms')? If so, what version does it install? On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 17:12, GD wrote: hi here what i get when i try to install lix : what i am supposed to be doing? apt-get install lyx

[Fink-beginners] couldn't find package

2002-08-13 Thread Zrinka Bilusic
I have installed fink recently again (I had to rebuild my computer) and I have attempted to install two packages - gimp and grace - that I had before. I used the same commands I have used before (sudo apt-get install gimp) but I get 'couldn't find package error' every time I try. (I did 'fink

[Fink-beginners] question

2002-08-13 Thread Willert-Clan
I have installed LyX with the line fink istall lyx. And it was succesful - i think!? After it I want to start LyX with the line lyx in the dictionary /sw/bin/. The result was the following output: lyx: Can't open display --No such file or directory LyX: unable to access X display. exiting What

Re: [Fink-beginners] question

2002-08-13 Thread Daniel Westermann-Clark
Are you attempting to start LyX from a Mac OS X Terminal? Assuming you have installed the XFree86 packages in Fink, you can start LyX from a Terminal window by following the instructions posted at the following location: http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/tips.php -Daniel Westermann-Clark

[Fink-beginners] control-center won't compile

2002-08-13 Thread karrysg
Gnome control-center won't compile on a G3 (Pismo) laptop with OSX 10.1.5. and fink 0.4 make: don't know how to make gnomecc.desktop. Stop *** Error code 1 Stop in /sw/src/control-center-1.4.0.4-3/control-center-1.4.0.4. *** Error code 1 Stop in

[Fink-beginners] 10.2 and Fink

2002-08-13 Thread dstubb
10.2 will be here shortly - are there any preparations/alterations we must make with Fink prior to installing Jaguar? -- David W. Stubblebine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- May those that love us, love us; And those that don't love us, May God turn their hearts; And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may