Re: [Fink-beginners] fink fail

Alexander: > We aren???t that sophisticated???and our build procedures aren???t > supposed to go online even to check the FAQ. The easiest thing we > can do is to have meaningful FAQ links under ???fink info > , but in this case the relevant FAQ doesn???t even > exist. Well, could you point out

[Fink-beginners] fink.tool

I'm installing fink on a new machine and using fink.tool. Some downloads didn't work - maybe the URLs are out of date? - curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found error: Unable to fetch http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/SL/XQuartz-2.7.11.dmg That FAILS. need to get

Re: [Fink-beginners] fink fail

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 17:04, Schneider wrote: > > Alexander: > >>> Can't resolve dependency "system-xfree86-dev (>= 3:2.7.112-3)" for package >>> "libxaw3dxft-1.6.2-7" (no matching packages/versions found) >>> Exiting with failure. >> >> That indicates that you need to

Re: [Fink-beginners] fink fail

Alexander: > >>> Can't resolve dependency "system-xfree86-dev (>= 3:2.7.112-3)" for package > >>> "libxaw3dxft-1.6.2-7" (no matching packages/versions found) > >>> Exiting with failure. > >> That indicates that you need to install XQuartz 2.7.11. > > Is there a way that I could know this without

Re: [Fink-beginners] fink.tool

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 17:07, Schneider wrote: > > I'm installing fink on a new machine and using fink.tool. > > Some downloads didn't work - maybe the URLs are out of date? > > - > curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found > error: Unable to fetch

Re: [Fink-beginners] fink fail

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 17:19, Schneider wrote: > > Alexander: > > Can't resolve dependency "system-xfree86-dev (>= 3:2.7.112-3)" for package > "libxaw3dxft-1.6.2-7" (no matching packages/versions found) > Exiting with failure. That indicates that you need

[Fink-beginners] problem with gv

I thought everything was good after installing xfig and octave the other day, but I just tried to look at a .ps file with gv and get the following errors now: MacBook-Pro:FLUIDS Mike$ gv notes.ps Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown event type : EnterWindow Warning: ... found

Re: [Fink-beginners] problem with gv

Belay this! My bad, I see that I hadn't updated gv package afterwards. All is well now. My apologies. From: Mike Wilkes Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 7:07 AM To: Fink Subject: [Fink-beginners] problem with gv I thought everything

Re: [Fink-beginners] Openmpi fails to build

> On Nov 21, 2016, at 22:37, Marc Boxerman wrote: > > Alexander, > > The build still failed using fink -l build openmpi. I’m not sure what you > mean by the output getting “swallowed” but the build output went to stdout as > well as to the log file. I’m attaching the log

Re: [Fink-beginners] problem with gv

No problem. gv got updated over the weekend as part of the libXt housecleaning. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison > On Nov 22, 2016, at 05:23, Mike Wilkes wrote: > > Belay this! My bad, I see that I hadn't updated gv package afterwards. All > is well

Re: [Fink-beginners] Openmpi fails to build

Thanks, Alexander. I logged off all other users and quit all applications except Finder and Terminal. Openmpi appears to have built successfully. But oddly, fink list -o still lists openmpi and openmpi-shlibs as uninstalled at the version numbers I just built. Here’s how the build ended.

Re: [Fink-beginners] Openmpi fails to build

That indeed was the case. All is well now. Thanks for all your help. Marc > On Nov 22, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Alexander Hansen > wrote: > > >> On Nov 22, 2016, at 09:50, Marc Boxerman wrote: >> >> Thanks, Alexander. >> >> I logged off all

Re: [Fink-beginners] Openmpi fails to build

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 09:50, Marc Boxerman wrote: > > Thanks, Alexander. > > I logged off all other users and quit all applications except Finder and > Terminal. > Openmpi appears to have built successfully. > But oddly, fink list -o still lists openmpi and

Re: [Fink-beginners] Openmpi fails to build

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 08:31, Alexander Hansen > wrote: > > >> On Nov 21, 2016, at 22:37, Marc Boxerman wrote: >> >> Alexander, >> >> The build still failed using fink -l build openmpi. I’m not sure what you >> mean by the output getting

[Fink-beginners] impossible question

4% fink install okular4-mac Information about 10187 packages read in 1 seconds. fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates: (1) texlive-nox-base: Base programs for a TeX Live installation (2) texlive-base: Base programs for a TeX Live

Re: [Fink-beginners] fink fail

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 15:50, Schneider wrote: > > > fink selfupdate > ... > No packages to install. > > The core packages have been updated. You should now update the other packages > using commands like 'fink update-all'. > > 9% fink update-all > Information about

Re: [Fink-beginners] impossible question

Alexander: > It???s a very possible question, actually. Here???s the situation. > > 1) texlive-nox-base and texlive-base _aren???t_ identical. The > -nox version is built without -x11 support. > > 2) However, the short description field that fink uses is always > the same if different

Re: [Fink-beginners] impossible question

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 16:28, Schneider wrote: > > Alexander: > >> It???s a very possible question, actually. Here???s the situation. >> >> 1) texlive-nox-base and texlive-base _aren???t_ identical. The >> -nox version is built without -x11 support. >> >> 2)

Re: [Fink-beginners] impossible question

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 15:54, Schneider wrote: > > > 4% fink install okular4-mac > Information about 10187 packages read in 1 seconds. > > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The > candidates: > > (1) texlive-nox-base: Base

Re: [Fink-beginners] fink fail

Alexander: > > Can't resolve dependency "system-xfree86-dev (>= 3:2.7.112-3)" for package > > "libxaw3dxft-1.6.2-7" (no matching packages/versions found) > > Exiting with failure. > > That indicates that you need to install XQuartz 2.7.11. Thanks as always for your rapid responses. Is there a