On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 09:31:24AM -0500, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > - does it work with source packages > > No. Fink's build system is completely different than Debian's and our > apt doesn't handle sources. > > > and, if not, is there a fink equivalent? > > In what sense? When you remove a package, it's assumed to be in > binary form and therefore subject to dpkg/apt. The "fink" command > handles installation.
What I'm really after is a tool that I can use that will keep track of the dependencies installed when I install something from source, and remove them if I uninstall it, provided they're no longer depended on by anything else. This is what aptitude does on Debian/Ubuntu and, as you say, binary fink. For example, from a fresh fink source installation, if one does "fink install matplotlib-py24", there are several dozen dependencies. If you later uninstall matplotlib-py24, is it entirely up to you to work out which packages were installed at the same time, and which can safely be removed? -- Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
