On Oct 2, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Carl Alexander wrote: > I'm hardly a beginner with fink --- I've been using it for years --- > but I'm installing from scratch for the first time in quite a while, > so I thought I'd try here first. > > Environment: > MacBook, brand new HD with 10.5.5 freshly installed. > xcode tools 3.0 > Xquartz 2.1.5 - (xorg-server 1.3.0-apple22) (2.1.5) > > I download Fink-0.9.0-Intel-Installer.dmg, run the installer, take > the defaults, then run (output omitted) > > fink configure # enable unstable, otherwise take defaults > fink scanpackages > fink index > fink selfupdate > fink update-all > > So far so good. But then: > > fink --yes install coreutils coreutils-default > Information about 2520 packages read in 1 seconds. > Failed: no package found for specification 'coreutils'! > > Huh? Both http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/coreutils > and http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/coreutils-default > say there's an unstable package for 10.5/i386. Did my fink configure > not work right? > > grep Tree /sw/etc/fink.conf > Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/ > crypto > SelfUpdateTrees: 10.4 > > Hm. In the unlikely event there's a binary package but no source, > I try apt-get install. Nope.
Right; we don't do official unstable binaries. > On the off chance coreutils is missing > but coreutils-default isn't, I try installing just it. Nada. > > I search, come up with > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=coreutils > and decide the "placeholder" packages, though I'm pretty sure the > migration is _from_ those three packages _to_ a single coreutils > package. > > fink --yes install fileutils shellutils textutils > Information about 2520 packages read in 0 seconds. > Failed: no package found for specification 'shellutils'! > > So, still no love. So, does anyon know how to actually get the > coreutils package under fink-0.9.0 intel? All clues appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > ---Alex We've had reports of folks having had problems with a stuck cache for the package description files. Try running fink index -f where "-f" forces a complete rebuild of the cache. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
