On 1/17/06, Martin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just thinking aloud really! > > Is it possible to burn my entire /sw directory tree to a DVD, send it to a > friend and have him use that as a start point rather than going through > the whole 1.8GB of download, compile, install etc.? >
That should work reasonably well. > I seem to remember there being a part of the install that regenerates any > missing scripts and environment setup? Yes: /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh will initialize the Fink environment on the new machine. Your friend would also need to run "fink reinstall daemonic passwd" if those two packages are part of your installation, because they do things outside of the fink tree. > > I ask because i only really use fink for Quanta+ (now KWebDev) and i know > said friend would probably like to do the same, but i wouldn't wish all > the work on him if there was another way! > > I realise he'll have to install X11, but primarily being a linux user (as > i was) that won't be a problem. > > Ta, > Martin. -- 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://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
