This is a known issue: http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/packages.php#bin-exceptions
Some of the tetex package aren't available as binaries due to licensing restrictions. You'll need to install them from source--make sure you have the Developer Tools On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 09:54, Alexis wrote: > Hi guys, > > > I am trying to install LaTeX via FinkCommander (0.5), but I am failing > miserably. My fink installation is : Package manager version: 0.11.1, > Distribution version: 0.5.0a. > > And I have to admit I am a total beginner to fink. The only think I > installed was ghostscript, and although it said it failed, it seems to > work ok. > > > Anyway, I would like to install LaTeX, so I can combine it via the > command line with the great auctex emacs package. So I started fink > commander, search for tetex, and found the 'bundle-tetex' package, > which seems to be exactly what I want. I then tried to install it with > the "install binary package", but it is failing because of > dependencies. I thought fink was supposed to handle that? > > > If you want more details, here is the output given by FinkCommander: > > <fixed>-------------------------------- > > Reading Package Lists... > > Building Dependency TE: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' > with no packages (or specify a solution). > > ree... > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > > bundle-tetex: Depends: tetex-texmf (>= 1.0.2-5) > > Depends: tetex-base (>= 1.0-12) > > Depends: pdftex (>= 20010417-9) > > Depends: hyperref (>= 6.72-2) > > Depends: tetex-macosx (>= 20010808-5) > > Depends: oberdiek (>= 20010827-3) > > Depends: context (>= 2001.11.13-2) > > Depends: texinfo (>= 4.1-3) but it is not going to be > installed > > Depends: dvipdfm (>= 0.13.2c-7) but it is not going to > be installed > > ghostscript6: Depends: x11 > > -------------------------- > > > I tried to read the FAQ, but I didnt find anything interesting. Does > someone know what I am doing wrong? Can anyone help? > > Thanks a lot > > > Alexis</fixed> -- 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: Tablet PC. Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
