On 9/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I have the feeling that my package list is incomplete. I followed the > instructions on http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php?phpLang=en to > install fink. At the step 5 (Source->scanpackages followed by > Source->Utilities->index), I get this message: > > dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/main/binary-darwin-i386 override | gzip > >dists/local/main/binary-darwin-i386/Packages.gz > Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file. > dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386 override | gzip > >dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/Packages.gz > Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file. > dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-i386 override | gzip > >dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/Packages.gz > Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file. > > which seems strange to me.
Nope. It's normal. These Packages files refer to those that you have built from source on your system. With a new Fink installation you won't Indeed, after completing the installation, I try to install the package recode. So I type "recode" in the textfield at the top right of the FinkCommander window, and the list gets empty. > > Do you think there is something wrong in my Fink installation? Is there > anything I should change? Maybe some configuration file... > If you look at http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/recode You'll see that recode is in the unstable tree, and your system is not yet set up to see that. Packages in the unstable tree must be built from source and require you to install the Xcode Tools to install them. http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php#bindist http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Benjamin -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
