On 7/28/10 2:01 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 7/28/10 1:00 PM, Michel Bührer wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I am not a developer. Actually I am a journalist and my aim is to >> download and run (or try to) SocNetV to map social networks. On the >> download page of SocNetV, I am directed to Fink. I have installed Fink >> and now... what? I find myself in an environment that is obviously >> beyond my technical knowledge. I went through the FAQ and tutorials, >> everything is very developer oriented and I just don't understand the >> language. My question: is there a simple way to install and run SocNetV >> via Fink and if yes, how? >> >> Thanks a lot for any support, (or any suggestion about free or share >> network mapping soft. I have installed Graphviz, but again, I have no >> clue about how to use it, they have no FAQ, no manual, no instruction >> even to start...) >> >> Best, >> >> Michel >> >> >> > > > We take no responsibility for what other websites say to do. :-) You > might suggest to the webmaster there that if they say to "Use Fink", > that it would be useful to include some information about what to do to > get their package installed, and how to run it. > > If you have Fink installed, as well as Xcode, then the following > commands from the command line will install socnetv: > > 1) fink configure > > after you do that, then when asked if you want to use unstable packages, > say Y > > 2) fink selfupdate-rsync > > - -or- > > fink selfupdate-cvs > > These commands will download current package descriptions for you. > After running one or the other, you can use 'fink selfupdate' when you > need to update. > > 3) fink install socnetv > > That will install a bunch of stuff that socnetv needs, as well as socnet > itself. > > If you're on OS 10.4 you'll need to start X11 before step 4--otherwise > just move on. > > 4) Then to run it, just type > > socnetv > > in a terminal window. This package doesn't happen to build a Mac-style > application bundle.
Quick addition, there is a variant of this package called socnetv-mac, which does install a clickable .app into /Applications/Fink. So in Alex's directions above, just replace 'socnetv' with socnetv-mac in step 3 if you wish to have an application that more closely works like other Mac applications. Hanspeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
