On 2/23/07, Sami Laine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Being somewhat seasoned UNIX and Debian/GNU Linux user I installed the
> Fink pretty much immediately after macbook purchase.
>
> After I got most of the stuff working, I started to wonder how to
> exactly update package lists with Fink? To explicate what exactly do I
> mean with this, I give one concrete example.
>
> Wireshark is available in unstable/stable distribution, as source
> package. At least according to Fink project and package pages:
> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/wireshark .
>
> However, doing 'apt-cache search wireshark' leaves me empty handed and
> graphical gizmo of FinkCommander seems to be equally helpless.
>
> Running 'apt-get update' doesn't seem to affect the problem in any way,
> so there must be some other stuff I should be running before package
> lists are updated.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Sami J. Laine @ GMail
>

Yeah, don't use the apt-* toolset for stuff that's avallable only in
source format.  Fink is not Debian, and we use the 'fink' tool for
source operations--which interfaces with the Source menu options on
Fink Commander.

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
(akh)
Fink Documenter (still)

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