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
>
>
>
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--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/


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