I have the latest version 0.5.4 from the fink commander website in my applications folder, and there are still no packages.
drwxr-xr-x here are the premissions to the application Stephen Sefick On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > It works here. Is the Fink Commander application in a location that > you're allowed to write to, like /Applications ? > > If so, then try replacing it with a new copy. > > stephen sefick wrote: >> Found it sorry. This did not solve the problem. >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Alexander Hansen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's one of the Fink Commander menu items. >>> >>> stephen sefick wrote: >>> >>>> Where do I run this command? At the terminal? >>>> >>>> $ Update Table >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Alexander Hansen >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> stephen sefick wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I can use fink from the terminal and get the packages. I have even >>>>>> installed gedit this way and it works fine. I would like to be able >>>>>> to see a list of packages as I am used to using fink under 10.3 on my >>>>>> ibook, which is now a debian ppc. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ...Not that that's relevant for the issue at hand... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Intel mac 10.5.6. If there is >>>>>> anything else that I need to provide then please let me know. >>>>>> thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> See if running the Update Table command manually works. Fink Commander >>>>> keeps a separate list of packages than those used by the command-line >>>>> apps. >>>>> >>>>> > > -- > Alexander Hansen > Fink User Liaison > > -- Stephen Sefick Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. -K. Mullis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
