On May 1, 2004, at 1:48 PM, Larry Dietrich wrote:
Just a couple questions, based on my experiences as a newbie, that might save some time later...
Is there any basic set of stuff that I ought to have downloaded to have on board BEFORE I keep trying to download my ultimate target, GRAMPS, or any other application? I've downloaded the latest Developer Tools (April release, updated from December's), Perl stuff, et. al.
Is there anything else I should just go get so it's there?
Not really--since you're using Fink, everything should be accounted for automatically.
Or does it all depend on the program, like GRAMPS? GRAMPS said the system should have two things (which I got), but I keep finding other stuff that is lacking that I have to go and find or update. Is my experience typical, or am I just dealing with a particularly eccentric program?
This is fairly normal:
A depends on B and C
B depends in turn on D, E, and F
C depends on G, H, and I
...
Your experience is not unique, and neither is GRAMPS.
When the directory shows multiple versions of some of these basic applications, is there any rule of thumb as to which it would be best to choose? Pick the newest as the default? I'm running OS X 10.3.3.
Generally the latest version is the best.
by the way, you may want to try out the "unofficial" binary distribution. Check out
http://fink.opendarwin.org
Under the paragraph that starts: "This site can also be used by apt-get" I recall that you needed to have nautilus-dev (or something like that), and you may be able to get it from binary this way.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documentarian
Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
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