> Hello all, > > I have found a program (eFAX cocoa) that I want to install. It > recommends/requires ghostscript6.01. As it turns out Ghostscript 7.02 is > already installed via Fink. I tried to "fink remove" it but wound up in an > ever widening dependency maze. The bottom line is that it still resides in > my fink installation. So a few questions: > > 1. Is there an easy way to switch from 7 -> 6 (read: remove 7) > 2. can you install both 7 and 6 without a major nightmare occurring > 3. should I give up and hope that eFAX cocoa works with Ghostscript7 > 4. can I just remove it from sw/share/ghostscript/7.02 and install GS6 > > Enquiring minds want to know >
The reason that a program might specify ghostscript 6.01 is that Apple has not yet fully implemented the PDF standard in its Aqua display routines, and .pdf files produced by ghostscript 7.02 sometimes do not display correctly. To downgrade, you should be able to say "fink install ghostscript6" and the replacement will be made. (Upgrading is harder because the ghostscript v7.02 package is not set up in the same way.) The two versions won't coexist on your system; ghostscript6 will replace ghostscript7. It's not possible to have both installed via fink at the same time. And as for your last question, the Debian tools (dpkg, dselect, apt-get) which fink uses for installation keep track of what is _supposed_ to be installed, and removing things manually doesn't change that (i.e., fink will still think these files are there). HTH, Dave _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
