but when I run apt-get the only packages available are the few that I installed already including apt.
how do I install the binary packages such as gimp?
thanks
Jonathan Chetwynd http://www.peepo.co.uk "It's easy to use"
Jonathan-Chetwynds-Computer:/sw/bin jay$ sudo dselect
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
12 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 7503kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Get:2 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main tar 1.13.25-12 [499kB]
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Get:4 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main ncurses-shlibs 5.3-20031018-2 [155kB]
Get:5 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main ncurses 5.3-20031018-2 [739kB]
Get:6 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main dpkg 1.10.9-27 [1419kB]
Get:7 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main fink 0.17.4-1 [199kB]
Get:8 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main cctools-extra 1:495-1 [544kB]
Get:9 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main fink-prebinding 0.7-2 [7570B]
Get:10 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main unzip 5.50-14 [159kB]
Get:11 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main apt-shlibs 0.5.4-36 [603kB]
Get:12 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main apt 0.5.4-36 [2342kB]
Fetched 7503kB in 5m27s (22.9kB/s)
(Reading database ... 3927 files and directories currently installed.)
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install-info(tar.info): deleting empty section `GNU Packages'
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* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
install-info(/sw/share/info/tar.info): creating new section `GNU Packages'
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Unpacking replacement fink ...
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Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0
This system is supported and tested.
ln -s 10.3 /sw/fink/dists
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
(Reading database ... 3923 files and directories currently installed.)
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Setting up apt (0.5.4-36) ...
Setting up ncurses-dev (5.3-20031018-2) ... Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n] y Press enter to continue.
running dpkg --pending --remove ...
Jonathan-Chetwynds-Computer:/sw/bin jay$ sudo apt-get update
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Err file: local/main Packages
File not found
Ign file: local/main Release
Err file: stable/main Packages
File not found
Ign file: stable/main Release
Err file: stable/crypto Packages
File not found
Ign file: stable/crypto Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/crypto Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/crypto Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/crypto Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/crypto Release
Failed to fetch file:/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages File not found
Failed to fetch file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages File not found
Failed to fetch file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages File not found
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Jonathan-Chetwynds-Computer:/sw/bin jay$ sudo apt-get
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