On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 10:40 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
>> okay, by default, is there an option which allows to install unstable >> packages? Does anybody these two packages. Is instalation of unstable >> packages recomended? > > Yes, but be careful--in the simplest mode fink tries to install the > latest > version of a package, and so an unstable version will take precedence > over a > stable one. This can be overridden by specifying a version number, as > long > as an appropriate .info file exists. > > Having said that, you'll need to edit /sw/etc/fink.conf . There's a > line > that starts with 'Trees:'; change 'stable' to 'unstable' (both places). Some people find it easier to just manually copy the .info file for an unstable package over to their stable directory, rather than set up fink to install from unstable for all packages. It's a safer route. Erik _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
