You might want to follow the suggestion that I posted later on from Martin.
In general though, to install a deb file that gets downloaded, the easiest way is to use: sudo dpkg -i <debfile> where <debfile> is the full filename (rather than just the package name). On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 14:51, David Hampson wrote: > On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 07:05 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > [Crossposted to -beginners because it's relevant to everybody] > > > > The last word that I saw on the subject is that it's a problem with > > some > > of the TeX files in doxygen itself and newer versions of teteX, > > including Wierda's (i.e. system-tetex): > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > msg04602.html > > > > The package maintainer has contacted the upstream doxygen developers. > > > > In the interim, I have posted a deb file. > > > > http://web.mit.edu/akhansen/www/doxygen_1.2.18-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > > > > (doxygen's license is GPL, so I assume this is OK). > > > > Being a beginner, how would one go about making use of this particular > .deb file? Is it just good enough to place it in > /sw/var/cache/apt/archives? How would fink know the file is there? > Would it have to be placed in the correct /sw/fink/10.2/blahblahblah > location? > > -Dave > > Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake > when you make it again. > ~anon~ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- 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
