On 1/29/06, Fabri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But why I can see some other software installed? > I installed Ruby (via Fink) and I can see it. > but I can't see fretype. > ... now I can see fondu (I have just tried again) > > some are indicated as "provided"(?) >
"Provided" means that it's not a real package. Usually this happens there are two or more packages that both satisfy the same dependency (like freetype and freetype-hinting) > FC tells there are 105 installed: so it knows there are more packages > installed since I started to use it (they were 89). > > I think I will drop on my knees, tears flowing from my eyes, the day > I will find a simple application that could search over the hd > finding EVERY bin file that could be used like an application, giving > me the real opportunity to SEE it and to USE it. > Fabri > Well, for Fink packages they're all in /sw/bin and /sw/sbin. Some of those aren't things you'd run yourself, but that's where they are. > > > You won't see them in the FInk Commander window because Fink Commander > > is a tool to _install_ packages, not run programs. > > > > Typically packages install programs (commands) under /sw/bin (for a > > default Fink setup). You can verify this with the 'dpkg' tool, for > > example via: > > > > dpkg -L fondu > > -- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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?cmdlnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- 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
