That only works for installation from source ("fink install"). apt-get
doesn't know or care about the .info and .patch files.
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 15:45, Preethi Nair wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new so please forgive me if this is a simple problem. I'm having
> trouble installing
> pgplot-perl from the unstable tree.
>
> As per instructions on the fink FAQ, I copied the .patch and .info
> files of extutils-f77 and pgplot-perl from the unstable tree to
> /sw/fink/10.2/local/main/finkinfo .
>
> I then ran :
>
> sudo apt-get install extutils-f77
>
> and was greeted with the following reply:
>
> "
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package extutils-f77
>
> "
>
> similar response if i tried installing pgplot-perl. (thought i'd try)
>
> I had installed pgplot in a similar fashion earlier without problem. I
> can install from the stable tree fine.
>
> I'm not sure what's wrong.
>
> help!
>
> :)
>
> p.s. In trying to install pgplot earlier I accidently tried to install
> xfree86-base (source) but i had already installed apple's X11. It led
> to some files being deleted and X11 not functioning. I reinstalled X11
> and then system-xfree86 and now X11 and pgplot both work fine.
>
>
>
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