On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 10:49, Michael Williams wrote: > Hi, > > >From what I can gather, I need to track unstable to install TeX at the moment > >because the upgrade to 2.0 isn't in fink stable. Firstly, is this correct? > Yes.
> If so, I guess I need to add the unstable lines to my Tree: declaration in > /sw/etc/fink.conf. Is this right?: > Or, if you don't want to use anything other than TeX and dependencies, you can just add the relevant .info and .patch files to your local tree as per: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable > Trees: local/main unstable/main unstable/crypto stable/main stable/crypto > local/bootstrap > > Having done that I guess I should do a fink selfupdate-cvs and a fink update-all > (although I haven't actually installed any packages), and then fink install > tetex-texmf, etc. Correct? > If you already have TeX installed, the update-all should take care of that. In this case, you may need to remove some obsolete packages whose functionality has been subsumed into the main tetex packages. > The User Guide <http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/conf.php> says: > "You may also add your own trees in the /sw/fink/dists directory for your own > purposes, but this is not necessary in most circumstances. The default trees are > "local/main local/bootstrap stable/main". This list should be kept in sync with the > /sw/etc/apt/sources.list file." > > What are the appropriate edits to make to sources.list so binary tracks unstable > too? I anticipate using both binary and source, so I guess this it's important to > get this right! > This refers to the case if you add non-standard trees. If you are just enabling unstable, then there shouldn't be any problems. > Cheers, -- 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: Scholarships for Techies! Can't afford IT training? All 2003 ictp students receive scholarships. Get hands-on training in Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Linux/UNIX, and more. www.ictp.com/training/sourceforge.asp _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
