On 1/4/06, Gregory, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alexander > > >>I use KDE with Apple's X11 and all is hunky dorey! The only problem i've > >>currently got is trying to install 'vice' using fink. This never works for > >>me, so i downloaded the source and compiled it myself..wow it worked! > > > >Nice! Is this a later version than Fink uses? > > iirc, yes. v1.18 compared to v1.15-2 within fink. > Worked first time too - i was well impressed! ;) Though it did obviously > install to /usr/local/bin >
Right--that's easily overcome. Somebody should contact the maintainer for the Fink package and request an update. > >The main thing that I can remember off the top of my head that people > >often do that causes problems is setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > Can u explain more on this? As i said, i'm not at my Mac atm so what is > 'DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH' defaulted to? Or what is yours set to? > Mine's set to point at the lib subdirectory of an analysis package that I use for work--I'm relatively confident that this is safe. The potential problem that cann occur is that pointing this variable to a more standard lib drectory, e.g. /sw/lib or /usr/local/lib, can result in problems with compiling.. > cheers for the reply, appreciated > Steve > > > <snip> -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
