> On 6/19/06, Douglas Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We have fink installed now but need to get xcode. The documentation is unc lear > > to us on whether xcode is part of fink or a package to be downloaded with f ink > > or some of both. The documentation in some places lists xcode as needed by > > fink and in other places as a package you can get with fink. Which is it? > > > > Neither. > > > fink seems to donwload some packages automatically when it's installed and then > > run with selfupdate. That didn't seem to include xcode for us. > > > > We tried running fink with "fetch-missing". That was interrupted after it had > > downloaded a bunch of files into the src sub-directory. The interruption w as > > for local reasons and not related to a malfunction in fink. Should fink ha ve > > downloaded xcode into that directory? If so, would it be by that name or w ould > > there be a file in a an archive with that name? I found only a few such fi les > > in the downloaded compressed archives and they couldn't by themselves have been > > the whole package. Should "fink fetch-missing" have done more than copy fi les > > into src? > > > > TIA. > > > > Douglas Kline
> Tell me where in the documentation that it says that XCode can be > installed via Fink and I'll remove it. This is categorically NOT the > case. In http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/ is: XCode Tools/Developer Tools You may find that only using binary packages limits the utility of Fink. There are fewer packages available in binary format than from source, and the binary versions are generally older. To build packages from source, you will need to install the Developer Tools (known as the XCode Tools for Mac OS 10.3 and later). Although a Developer Tools/XCode Tools version usually comes with your OS install media, you'll probably want a newer one. Go to the Apple Developer Connection to download a newer version (and any updates) after free registration. which seems to imply that XCode is needed for Fink although "XCode Tools" might be distinct from "XCode" and that passage really says that XCode Tools are needed to compile what you download with fink rather than to install fink. If I find the reference to installing XCode with fink I'll pass that on. What about my other question: Should "fink fetch-missing" have done more than copy files into src? TIA. Douglas Kline ======== Douglas Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
