Have you tried installing the binaries eg "sudo apt-get install gimp"????
Also run "fink selfupdate-cvs" to get the latest package descriptions. If you want to install from source you need the developer tools installed, if your happy using binaries you don't need them. HTH Matt On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 08:46 AM, Steve Herrick wrote: > Hello! I am very excited about Fink, but I've had no end of trouble > getting it > to work. Here's the saga so far. > > I downloaded it and installed it fine. I went to download the GIMP, and > it > didn't work. It couldn't find a file. No problem, I know how to pull it > down > myself. I even figured out where to put it. But, I have no experience > installing things by hand. > > So, I tried using Fink to pull the components down one at a time. I came > closer, but then I needed cc or gcc. Well, no problem, I can pull down > gcc. But > I can't install it. Then, reading the archives of this list, I learned > about > "which," and discovered that I had cc as well. But I still can't get it > to > work. > > I also discovered in the archives of this list that I can download Apple > developers tools. So I tried that, but after getting an account and > digging up > the tools disk image, the server was not found. > > So, I really have tried, but I've been stymied at every turn. I must be > incredibly close, but I've done everything I know how. Any advice, or > just > encouragement, would be appreciated. > > Steve, long-time newbie > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas - > http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas - http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
