I just checked, and the new version of dpkg is only in the source distribution, so "apt-get" can't see it.
Try reinstalling ncurses, and redo the "fink selfupdate-cvs". If you wind up wanting to do a clean reinstall, you just need to erase /sw (or wherever you installed fink). On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 18:16, Vic Norton wrote: > Fink is now installed on my iMac, but it seems to be bad in a fundamental > way. If this situation cannot be fixed, I would appreciate any advise you > can give me on how to do a clean reinstallation of fink. > > The command 'fink -V' shows that I have > Package manager version: 0.11.1 > Distribution version: 0.5.1.cvs > and 'fink list' indicates that exactly three packages are installed > that are not up-to-date. These are > (i) apt 0.5.4-8 Advanced front-end for dpkg > (i) apt-shlibs 0.5.4-8 Advanced front-end for dpkg > (i) dpkg 1.10.9-2 The Debian package manager > > The comand 'dpkg --version' shows that I am, in fact, running version > 1.9.20 (darwin-powerpc) of 'dpkg'. Be that as it may, I have found it > absolutely impossible to update 'dpkg' to a more recent version. Each of > the commands > fink install dpkg > fink selfupdate-cvs > fink update-all > fink reinstall dpkg > produce the same final result: > can't find curses file > make[2]: *** [curkeys.h] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [all-dselect] Error 2 > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 2 > ### execution of failed, exit code 2 > Failed: compiling dpkg-1.10.9-2 failed > > Trying to upgrade 'dpkg' via 'apt-get' has also proved fruitless. > The commands > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install dpkg > only give me an apology: > Sorry, dpkg is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > So where do I go from here? Is there some fix for this situation, or is > there some way I can cleanly reinstall fink and start all over? It is very > frustrating to be constantly told that a fundamental package needs to be > updated, and then, after considerable churning, to be informed that such an > update is impossible to to the lack of a 'curses' file -- among other > things. Fink advertises itself as a package management system, but > my system seems to be too accursed to be managed. > > Any ideas on a way out of this dilemma would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Vic -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
