Re: [Fink-beginners] Question: packages want contradictory ghostscript versions

2011-10-18 Thread Michael McFarlane
Hi Alexander, I tried using both of the non-nox versions, but I hit an error: 953 ~ fink install pdftex Information about 4745 packages read in 0 seconds. The requested package pdftex is a virtual package, provided by several packages (1) ptex-base-3.1.10-1004 (2)

Re: [Fink-beginners] Question: packages want contradictory ghostscript versions

2011-10-18 Thread Michael McFarlane
Thanks for the help. I just installed tex using MacPorts, and I have no conflict. Thanks, Mike On Oct 18, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Michael McFarlane wrote: Hi Alexander, I tried using both of the non-nox versions, but I hit an error: 953 ~ fink install pdftex Information about 4745 packages

Re: [Fink-beginners] Question: packages want contradictory ghostscript versions

2011-10-18 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/11 12:32 PM, Michael McFarlane wrote: Hi Alexander, I tried using both of the non-nox versions, but I hit an error: 953 ~ fink install pdftex Information about 4745 packages read in 0 seconds. The requested package pdftex is a

Re: [Fink-beginners] Question: packages want contradictory ghostscript versions

2011-10-18 Thread Michael McFarlane
Hi Alexander, This did the trick! 1010 ~ which pdftex /opt/local/bin/pdftex 1011 ~ which xcircuit /sw/bin//xcircuit 1012 ~ which convert /sw/bin//convert Thanks, Mike On Oct 18, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/11 12:32 PM,

Re: [Fink-beginners] Question: packages want contradictory ghostscript versions

2011-10-18 Thread Michael McFarlane
Sorry for the additional emails, but here is some more info. The fact that pdftex is in/opt/local/bin/pdftex bothers me. Here is what i did: I installed texlive with macports. then installed pdftex with fink. then performed the which commands shown in the previous emails. then i realized this

[Fink-beginners] To bootstrap on Lion, which JDK (if any)?

2011-10-18 Thread Rodriguez-Mueller, Jennifer
My question is simple in some ways but may(?) catch a lot of other fink newbies who run into the same confusions. This email documents the problem I ran into, where I researched to find an answer, and concludes with a request for information. It is probably relevant that I'm (1) relatively

Re: [Fink-beginners] To bootstrap on Lion, which JDK (if any)?

2011-10-18 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/11 6:42 PM, Rodriguez-Mueller, Jennifer wrote: My question is simple in some ways but may(?) catch a lot of other fink newbies who run into the same confusions. This email documents the problem I ran into, where I researched to find an