So I need to go back to the terminal and re-download etherreal (despite 
where my previous attempt left off)?  I assume the second download will 
overwrite the first??  (Lots and lots of megs just to run one package, 
BTW)

On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 07:47  PM, Chris Devers wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, greg hyde wrote:
>
>> Once I install the developer tools, how do I resume the installation?
>
> Just start over from scratch. Normally if you restart a build that was
> abandonded for any reason, Fink just wipes out whatever build directory
> was bring used rather than trying to sort out where you were and what
> might have gone wrong. (The minor exception is if you made it to the 
> point
> where you've built a .deb archive but haven't installed it yet -- and in
> that case the build dir is already gone anyway.)
>
>> Also, do we need all those files just for "make"?
>
> Usually, yes. Depending on what you're installing, many packages require
> lots, and lots, and lots of files for make... :/
>
> By the way, since you seem to be trying to install Perl modules, have 
> you
> tried using CPAN.pm or /usr/bin/cpan? They make installing modules very
> easy (not that Fink doesn't also, mind you), but it's software that you
> should be able to use almost anywhere that you can use Perl itself (not
> sure about Win32 Perl, but any version of Unix...). You can activate it 
> as:
>
>     sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
>
> or just
>
>    sudo cpan
>
> The first time you run it you'll probably be asked a bunch of simple
> config questions before dropping you into the
>
>     cpan>
>
> prompt. From there, hit ? for instructions, but basically you can browse
> the CPAN archive in various ways, and download & install anything that 
> you
> find there. Very nice...
>
>
> --
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