Thanks Alexander, I ran pathsetup.command at the prompt.. it created the init.sh file, but I'm still getting no joy using apt-get.. or fink.. :-( it's still compalining about mutt and bitchx.. thanks for trying though!
J. On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On Jan 25, 2004, at 8:05 PM, Joshua S. Freeman wrote: > > > can someone point me to a faq describing the relationship between fink > > and > > apt-get? > > > apt-get manages packages in the binary distribution--i.e. released in a > precompiled form. > > The fink command does the same thing for packages that are built from > source. > > > > first of all, my path is: > > /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sw/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > > > > > This is your problem. You need to set your PATH up. You should have a > file called /sw/bin/pathsetup.command . You should be able to run it > by double-clicking it--it will open a Terminal window. > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- ------ Joshua S. Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
