I was going by what you gave which is an install-phase error. Those are typically much shorter than what you get from a build. Given that, I presumed that the package was actually built on you machine, but not installed.
Try "fink install caca". If it turns out that the error is long look for the word "error", text highlighted by asterisks, etc. If the package actually is compiling, in defiance of what the error message said, then give the last command the compiler tried to run followed by the ensuing error messages. Benjamin Kalish wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > I thought the message seemed rather generic, but the entire output was > huge. I wouldn't be surprised if it even filled the scroll back buffer > on my terminal. Of course I could change the terminal window settings > or log the output, but it would seem ridiculous to send so much to the > list. Is there some option I should use for less verbose output, or > perhaps some way I could identify the relevant text so that I wouldn't > have to send so much to the list? (I did a quick search for the word > "caca" but it appeared very frequently, and the first few occurrences > did not appear to be associated with any error messages.) > Thanks, > > Benjamin > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Alexander K. Hansen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On Tuesday 26 February 2008 09:35:56 pm Benjamin Kalish wrote: >> >>> Hey folks, >>> >>> I tried to install a package from the unstable tree for the first time >>> today and I've run into a little trouble. When installing the package >>> "amarok" I get, after a good deal of compiling, the message: >>> >>> Failed: phase installing: caca-0.9-1013 failed >>> >>> Before reporting any errors, please run "fink selfupdate" and >>> try again. . . >>> >>> I did of course run "fink selfupdate" and I did try again, with the same >>> result. >>> >>> I am running Mac OS X version 10.4.11 on a MacBook with a 1.83 GHz >>> Intel Core 2 Duo processor. >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> -Benjamin >>> >>> p.s. Why in the world is caca a dependency here? Is there someway >>> around this? Judging by the package description it looks like >>> something I could live without! >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> The message you've reported will be the result of literally _any_ failure in >> the installation. Try it again and post _all_ of the output so that we can >> see why it failed. >> >> -- >> Alexander K. Hansen >> akh AT finkproject DOT org >> Fink User Liaison and Documenter >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
