On Jul 25, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Garrett Longmire wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your help. > > I turned on the 'unstable' option via command "fink configure", > hitting 'Y' for the precompiled binaries question and 'Y' for the > the question of whether or not to leave the unstable tree activated > (as shown below). All other questions I left blank, assuming the > defaults would be used. > >
<snip> > SelfUpdateMethod: point > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Running fink "info bioperl-pm588" produces the following > Scanning package description files.......... > Information about 2518 packages read in 1 seconds. > Failed: no package found for specification 'bioperl-pm588'! > > > I'm not sure why I'm not seeing all the packages? > > Thanks, > > Garrett > > > > You need to do a selfupdate with rsync or cvs enabled (i.e. "fink selfupdate-rsync" or "fink selfupdate-cvs). "point" updates don't even download new stable tree package descriptions; they just move you to the next distribution version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
