At 14:10 Uhr -0600 29.03.2002, Brian Offermann wrote: >On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 09:32 AM, Ken Schrock wrote: > >>I want to install Midnight Commander but slang is missing or broken >>I tried to use Q to force the install anyway (as the MC package says) >>What next? >> > >The author/maintainer updated slang to 1.4.5, but that wasn't >listed in fink (stable) yet. He also deleted the 1.4.4 version >from his ftp site, which is causing the problems you're >experiencing. You can still get the source for >slang 1.4.4 and compile it. The file is located at: > >http://fink.sourceforge.net/bindist/source/ > > download slang-1.4.4.tar.gz to /sw/src and type: > >%sudo fink install slang > >That should do the trick and enable you to install the rest. >deselect will probably also recognize the file and proceed >installing things, if you prefer using that interface. >deselect is pretty nice once you understand how it >presents the information. > >Good luck >Brian >(I just went through this trying to install gnome)
However, you should *NOT* use slang 1.4.4, since it contains a bug. Use 1.4.5 which has been in Fink stable for quite some time now. Cheers, Max -- ----------------------------------------------- Max Horn Software Developer email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone: (+49) 6151-494890 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
