On 5/12/06, Terry Younkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 5/12/06 6:25 PM, "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On 5/12/06, Terry Younkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello List - > >> > >> I have learned much from subscribing to this list, reading all the > >> solutions > >> to the various problems. Also, the Fink FAQ is of a great help. Until now > >> I have never posted, but I am stuck with an install failure that I cannot > >> seem to find the solution to. > >> > >> I'm using OS X 10.4.6 on a G4 PowerBook, and using Fink Commander. I > >> believe everything is up to date. I've run selfupdate-rsync and update-all > >> many times. It will probably be obvious to those reading this, but I'm not > >> sure exactly what is failing. Even though I've been using X11 for several > >> years, I consider myself a beginner. Having said that, my suspicion is > >> that > >> I have a problem with two installs of texi2html, one newer than the one > >> recognized by Fink, but that's only a guess. > >> > > > > Well, let's confirm your guess then. > > > > If you run "which texi2html" at a terminal window, what do you get? > > If indeed it is /sw/bin/texi2html, then maybe go ahead and remove it. > > There should be a /usr/bin/texi2html that comes with the system which > > is indeed a later version than Fink provides. > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I did as you asked and ran the command. There > is a texi2html shown at /usr/bin/ but no other. However, I opened /sw/bin > and found an alias of texi2html located within that folder. Oddly enough, > when I tried to "Show Original" of that alias, a dialog box came up on the > screen, saying "The alias 'texi2html' could not be opened, because the > original item can not be found." A "Get Info" request shows that it was at > sw/etc/alternatives/texi2html, even though the "More Info" section of "Get > Info" had a continuously spinning beach ball-type thingy, as if the system > was searching for it. > > Perhaps I should delete (or fix) the alias which I found? >
I don't recommend manual deletion. Try "fink remove texi2html" for a clean removal, or "fink reinstall texi2html" to try to fix the alias. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (for now) Help keep AKH in Fink! Go to http://ldx3.psfc.mit.edu/~hansen/ and contribute to the Mini fund. _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
