On Mar 28, 2008, at 6:26 AM, Ákos Maróy wrote: > Martin Costabel wrote: >> I am still trying to figure out how you must have configured your >> Fink >> installation in order to see what you are seeing. >> I assume you are running MacOSX 10.4, right? > > yes > >> You also have enabled the unstable tree (otherwise you wouldn't see >> boost1.32)? > > correct > >> But you never ran fink selfupdate-rsync or fink selfupdate-cvs? > > I was using FinkCommander, and as I didn't find any boost packages, I > checked the 'use unstable packages' option. then I also ran the File > -> > Update Table option, and then these boost libraries appeared. it seems > this is not enough though. >
"Update Table" updates only Fink Commander's internal table, which is derived from the real package lists that fink and apt-get use. >> >>> Package manager version 0.24.17 >> >> This is very old (2 years). I hope it is not too old to be able to >> update itself to a contemporary version. > > I downloaded and installed Fink 0.8.1 Binary installper (Intel) from > here: http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php?phpLang=en > > should I download something else? That's the most current. > > >>> Distribution version: 0.8.1 >> >> At least this is not the dreaded 10.4-transitional distribution. >> But you >> never selfupdated, so you still see the ancient state of 2006 vintage >> Fink. Try running "fink selfupdate-rsync". > > ok, I'm running this now, seems to recompile loads of stuff. BTW, > running this command from FinkCommander didn't work, because the > command > was asking questions (like which mirrors to use), but one coulnd't > answer them in any way. > The "interact with fink" menu item doesn't work for that? Sometimes when there's a prompt the interaction window doesn't pop to the foreground. > let's see what will be the result.. > > > Akos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
