It sounds like you may need to update your package listings. Doing selfupdate (either on the command line or through FinkCommander) will make all preparations necessary. I believe the location of the lynx source package has been updated (according to Alexander Hansen's email), so you should be able to get it after another selfupdate.
My guess about why you are having problems with the binary distribution is that you need to update your /etc/apt/sources.list file, as described at http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/bindist_move.php. I'm not certain, however; someone with more knowledge should correct me. Good luck, -Daniel Westermann-Clark On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, David Steinbrunner wrote: > The reason I am trying to install from source is because the binary install > gave me more errors I did not understand then the source install =). The > errors are as follows (note: I have done a selfupdate via Finkcommander): > > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > W: Couldn't stat source package list file: local/main Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_local_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packa > ges) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list file: stable/main Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_stable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Pack > ages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list file: stable/crypto Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_stable_crypto_binary-darwin-powerpc_Pa > ckages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://fink.sourceforge.net > release/main Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/fink.sourceforge.net_bindist_dists_release_main_binar > y-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://fink.sourceforge.net > release/crypto Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/fink.sourceforge.net_bindist_dists_release_crypto_bin > ary-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://fink.sourceforge.net > current/main Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/fink.sourceforge.net_bindist_dists_current_main_binar > y-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://fink.sourceforge.net > current/crypto Packages > (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/fink.sourceforge.net_bindist_dists_current_crypto_bin > ary-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Couldn't find package lynx > > As far as downloading the source manually and using terminal commands goes, > I think it has it's place but since FinkCommander seems to be a great front > end that the average person could use to install these packages with. Why > not get the packages to point to the correct path so that both terminal and > GUI users don't have to worry about it in the future? > > As far as straightening the package manager end of this out goes, is this > the right place to be asking about it or should I move that to the user or > dev list? > > > One slight correction (sorry, I've been studying too long): If you call > > apt-get, you will be installing the .deb, which is the binary package. > > You can install the binary package through FinkCommander using the blue > > plus icon, I believe. > > > > If you have a good reason to install from source, you will probably need > > to manually download the .tar.bz2. > > > > Sorry for the confusion, > > -Daniel Westermann-Clark > > > >> You have a couple of options. First, you can try using apt-get directly. > >> For example, try > >> > >> % apt-get install lynx > >> > >> in a terminal window. It may give you the option of trying a different > >> mirror, which has the lynx source in the location expected by Fink. > >> (Also, out of curiosity, why aren't you installing the binary version of > >> lynx?) > >> > >> If that doesn't work, you can download the source from the correct > >> location and put the .tar.bz2 in /sw/src. Then, you should be able to > >> call > >> > >> % fink install lynx > >> > >> Assuming you have the Developer Tools installed, and that you have already > >> met the dependencies for lynx, fink should go through the build process > >> for lynx. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
