-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Art Mulder wrote: > Thanks for your efforts, Alexander. > > I was following the instructions on the "download" web page: > http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php?phpLang=en > and did not see any reference to stable vs unstable. (specifically, the > end of step 6 where it says: "Once you've updated |fink|, you can > install other packages, using the same syntax, e.g |sudo apt-get install > gimp| to install the Gimp. Note, however, that not all fink packages are > in binary form." >
Right. "not all" includes anything in the unstable tree--at least from our official binary repository. > > Per your instructions I've run: > % fink index -f > % fink -V (which didn't say anything about rsync or cvs) As expected, if you were following the binary update syntax and therefore didn't have rsync or cvs turned on at that point. > % fink configure ( set it to allow unstable but left the rest at their > default setting) > % fink selfupdate-rsync (the configure command told me to do that) > Good. > - this did a whole ton of work, I'm gathering because of my enabling > the unstable tree? > Right. That updates the core packages. > I could then run "fink install wml" which did a whole ton of downloading > and compiling but there were several errors > which told me to rerun "fink selfupdate" > > So I did > > Then I tried again with "fink install wml" but it fails to compile > > In file included from BitVector.h:12, from Vector.xs:19: > ToolBox.h:82: error: syntax error before numeric constant > In file included from BitVector.h:12, from Vector.xs:19: > ToolBox.h:82: error: syntax error before numeric constant > lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//cc0NEZjr.out (No such file or > directory) > make[2]: *** [Vector.o] Error 1 > Which package is this error actually from? Can you provide the output from just before the error occurred? Start with the last line before things started going crazy, and go from there. > Sigh. > > I'm two for two here. I tried darwin ports and now fink. Both had wml > listed, but neither works on my box. > > I may have to install Linux under Virtualbox to get wml to run. > > > > It works here, so there _should_ be a solution to the issue. - -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkpx5M4ACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ85wQCfV4DK1W4QIntmp2BA61TexIh0 ZrQAn15llivCrj/A9SdNXv6MpTKvc4qp =2QZW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
