If you opened your terminal window prior to installing fink then its path setting with not include the fink part.
Regarding gerbv not showing up, Fink needs to build the app from its source code. That means you need Xcode installed ... see Alex's prior response to your email. Ben On Sep 1, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Guillaume Fairfield wrote: > Ok, I've manage to get a list of available packages... I didn't know > I had to open a new shell. > > Gerbv doesn't show up in the list although it shows up on the Fink > website. > > What do I do? > > Guillaume > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Guillaume Fairfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > I get : -bash: fink: command not found > > when i try > $ fink list > > I've installed fink and followed the instructions to set up my > environment. > > is there something i'm missing? > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> >> On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Guillaume Fairfield wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm trying to install gerbv on my mac osx 10.4 PPC machine. I >>> installed Fink and Fink commander. I have no idea what the Fink >>> installation did. I opened fink commander and tried searching for >>> gerbv but couldn't find it. I don't know what to do. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Guillaume >> >> I don't use Fink Commander any longer, and prefer to terminal >> applications. >> >> What do you get when you type the following into a terminal window? >> >> $ fink list gerbv >> >> If gerbv shows up, type >> >> $ fink install gerbv >> >> Ben >> > > Very likely, you need to update your package descriptions, as gerbv > isn't available in binary format for 10.4 yet. You would need to > install the Xcode Tools (version 2.5) from connect.apple.com, and > then use Tools->selfupdate-rsync. > > > Alexander K. Hansen > akh AT finkproject DOT org > Fink User Liaison and Documenter > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
