Glad it's working now. Here's a brief summary of what went wrong before:
dselect only knows about the binary distribution On the other hand, "fink install" only knows about the source distribution, which has stable and unstable branches. The two methods actually don't communicate, so enabling the unstable tree only adds package listings for "fink install". On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 16:43, Rob Hunter wrote: > Thanks for your help. I was able to install tetex-texmf by compiling > it on my machine using the "fink install" command. > > I will do my best to answer your question (from below), but I don't > want to actually repeat the steps since it is working with the "fink > install" method. > > Here's what I believe I did: > > > cp /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/tetex-texmf*.* to > /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo > > fink index > > sudo dselect > (and I couldn't find the package there) > > Then I tried editing my /sw/etc/fink.conf file, adding unstable/main to > the Trees: line. > > > fink index > > sudo dselect > > still no tetex there. > > > Finally, I tried adding unstable/crypto to Trees: and still nothing. > > Thanks again for your help, > Rob > > > On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 03:52 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > There is a version of tetex-texmf in stable, so you didn't necessarily > > have to try for the unstable versions. The reason that you can't > > install it from deselect is because of licensing restrictions: see the > > FAQ at http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#bindist > > > > There has been no modification to the procedure to install unstable > > packages, so let me in turn ask you a question: what was the specific > > nature of the failure? (i.e. what command did you try, and what were > > the error messages) > > > > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 15:44, Rob Hunter wrote: > >> I'm trying to install latex using fink. > >> > >> It seems, that to do any of the installs, I need a package called > >> tetex-texmf. But I can't find this package in dselect. I looked at > >> the faq, and I checked in the unstable packages, and indeed it was > >> there. So I tried *both* of their tips for installing an unstable > >> package and none of them worked. > >> > >> I have two questions: > >> > >> 1) It seems to me that I must be doing something wrong if installing > >> latex is an unstable thing. Is there a diffferent/better/correct way > >> of doing this? > >> > >> 2) If I am going about this correctly, is there perhaps an update to > >> the faq on using unstable packages? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Rob > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 -- 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
