[Fink-beginners] Q5.8 unstable packages

[Paul Cizmas]

Hello:

I am using fink 0.7.1 and OS X 10.3. I am trying to install a couple of programs that are unstable (a2ps, grace, etc.)

I followed the suggestions from FAQ, Q5.8:

1 - I modified my fink.conf file and added unstable/main and unstable/crypto:

Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/crypto

2 -

<x-tad-bigger>fink selfupdate; fink index

3 -

sudo apt-get install a2ps

I get the following message:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Couldn't find package a2ps

4 - then I ran "sudo apt-get update"

and I get a similar message about the file /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages

Err file: unstable/main Packages
File not found
Ign file: unstable/main 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/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages
File not found
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/a
pt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2
No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/a
pt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2
No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used
instead.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks,
Paul</x-tad-bigger>