On 5/16/06, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:16:58 -0400 > To: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] A new user. > > On 5/16/06, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The first thing you should know is that Fink is not Linux. It's a > framework by which open-source software (the same stuff that people > use on Linux) can be built on Mac OS X. > > Now for Qsampler: > > To build a package with Fink requires at minimum a package description > file which is used to guide the build process--it won't install a > package without one. > > In general what you typically do is decompress the package's archive > file, and then read the instructions that the developer has placed in > the archive explaining how they want you to build it--there are a > number of different methods that get used to build a package. > > I would strongly suggest trying a few packages that _are_ currently in > the Fink distribution first. If you have specific questions about how > to install one of these then ask. > -- > 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. > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > Alex, thanks for the quick reply. > I'm the first to say I'm green at this, and your suggestion is a good one. > I understand the setup for Fink, and it's relation to OSX. > > I've also discovered with a bit of experimenting, and meagre notes, that > it's possible to have more than one shell. Is this correct, and for a > beginner, which one would be the easiest? I seem to have Bash, tcsh, sh, > etc.... > > Fink is setup as follows... > -/sw/fink. Is this correct? I have the sw directory straight from home, one > step higher than user.
That's normal--it can be set up in other places but there's no need to. In terminal, cd brings up my admin prompt and either > $ or % depending on the shell I use. Correct. > > I'll start with a Fink package, and ask further if that's ok. > Any suggestions for a simple starter, that's relatively bulletproof? > > Thanks again, > > Alex. > > I'm not sure about a starter package--most of the packages in the stable tree should be well-behaved so I'd say just pick one that sounds interesting to you. -- 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
