Theo Moore wrote: > Hi again, > >> Ok; at least now I can tell _which_ package is failing, which wasn't in >> the prior message. Your issue appears to be with tetex-base, and >> mentioning other packages confused the issue. It's almost _never_ >> important what package you are ultimately trying to install; the >> important package for our purposes is whatever one is failing at the moment. >> >> It's also good to provide your OS version and architecture. >> >> Unfortunately you snipped off what version of tetex-base you're >> installing, but we did have to update it recently. You'll want to do a >> selfupdate with rsync or cvs updating to download current package >> descriptions. > > > I'm using OSX 10.4.11 on a Macbook Core 2 Duo. > > Unfortunately, it seems that I am unable to selfupdate with rsync or > cvs (I believe it's the network firewall. A bit unusual since I don't > have any problems rsyncing into my work computers from here). Can you > guide me through how I would update the package descriptions manually? > > FinkCommander lists tetex-base as 3.0-1002 (3.0-1001 binary). However, > it is not installed. I was a bit confused on what or why tetex-base > was. I have already installed MacTeX on this computer. The multitudes > of ways to do one thing are causing me a great deal of confusion. > > Thank you for your patience. I'm a bit clueless. > > > There was also a latex related issue recently that sometimes blocks tetex-base. If you have the time, try using a terminal window for:
fink update tetex-texmf fink install tetex-base then try installing ghostscript. Dave -- David Reiser [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
