On 3/9/06, Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > On 3/8/06, Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was able to install the latest version of fink on my new Intel iMac Dual > >> Core, but when I ran "fink selfupdate" I got this error, which I find > >> rather bizzare: > >> > >> dpkg: error processing > >> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base/fink_0.24.10-21_darwin-i386.deb > >> (--install): > >> package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match system (darwin-powerpc) > >> > >> Is this a problem with dpkg, or with something Apple forgot to reset? > >> Obviously, something is telling dpkg that I have a powerpc, when I don't. > >> > >> I can't find this in the FAQ or archives, so I throw myself on the mercy > >> of the list. Help! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Kat > >> > > > > Indeed, it's an issue with dpkg--it is strongly architecture-dependent. > > > > _How_ did you install Fink? If you used the disk image and Installer > > package, that won't work. Check out the 6/21/2006 news item on > > http://fink.sourceforge.net/ . > > > Yes, I used the .dmg & installer. I've read in another installation > program's instructions that for Intel it's necessary to install using source, > not installer on .dmg, so probably that's the issue here as well. Oddly > enough, Fink runs, just not very reliably. Some packages are installed, > others are not. I'll try a fresh install from source instead of using the > installer. > > It was really perplexing to see the installer tell me it thought my system > was darwin-powerpc! > > Thanks for your help! > > Cheers, > Kat > > > I'd suspect what happens is that packages that get installed from the pre-made binary distribution work (via Rosetta), because they'll have the binary-darwin-powerpc that dpkg is looking for, whereas packages you build from source will not, since they'll be marked (correctly) as having been built on an Intel box.
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