Monic and Alexander,
I have now successfully installed TeXmacs on my systems. Thank you very
much for
your help.
Suren Fernando
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Alexander Hansen <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Suren Fernando wrote:
> > Monic and Alexander,
> >
> > I tried running fink selfupdate-rsync after installing Xcode, but
> > still get the output
> >
> > The current selfupdate method is point. Do you wish to change the
> > default selfupdate method to rsync? [Y/n] Y
> > Failed: Before changing your selfupdate method to 'rsync', you must
> > install XCode, available on your original OS X install disk, or from
> > http://connect.apple.com (after free registration).
> >
> > Is there some other intermediate step I need to carry out after
> > installing Xcode and before
> > running fink selfupdate-rsync. I took a look at the link
> >
> >
> http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/selfupdate-methods-point-rsync-cvs/
> >
> > as you (Monic) suggested. I find that there is a reference to a minor
> > glitch in changing the selfupdate method. I clicked on the link
> > provided and attempted to run the suggested sequence
> >
> > fink selfupdate
> > fink selfupdate-rsync
> > fink index -f
> > fink selfupdate
> >
> > but again that failed at Step 2, with the same message:
> >
> > The current selfupdate method is point. Do you wish to change the
> > default selfupdate method to rsync? [Y/n] Y
> > Failed: Before changing your selfupdate method to 'rsync', you must
> > install XCode, available on your original OS X install disk, or from
> > http://connect.apple.com (after free registration).
> >
> > Would you have any further suggestions on what I need to do? I sense
> > that I am making an elementary error, but being the newbie that I am,
> > I have no idea what it could be.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Suren
> It appears that you didn't install enough of Xcode, or that something
> didn't get installed. Did you do a default install? We generally
> assume that people install everything from a default install.
>
> What is blocking you from switching selfupdate methods appears to be
> that fink didn't detect /usr/bin/gcc and /usr/bin/make. Run
>
> ls /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/rsync
>
> If one or both of the first two are missing, then you need to
> (re)install DeveloperToolsCLI.pkg from your Xcode disk image.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen
> Fink User Liaison
>
>
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