Hi,I went through steps 1 to 4, it seems to be successful except fot unstable tree :-) Now fink does'nt find socnetv nor socnetv-mac:
---------------------------------------------------- Information about 2519 packages read in 0 seconds. Failed: no package found for specification 'socnetv'! mac-pro-de-michel-buhrer:~ michelbuhrer$ fink install socnetv-mac Information about 2519 packages read in 0 seconds. Failed: no package found for specification 'socnetv-mac'! mac-pro-de-michel-buhrer:~ michelbuhrer$ fink update all Information about 2519 packages read in 0 seconds. Failed: no package found for specification 'all'! mac-pro-de-michel-buhrer:~ michelbuhrer$ ------------------------------------------------------------ //I went back to the finkproject website and located the socnetv-mac description (http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/socnetv-mac?rel_id=10.5-i386-current-unstable) , but I don't know what to do from there (should it be downloaded, where from, etc.). /
/Another possibility is that I don't have access to unstable files, because at one point, I got the following lines:
--------------------------- Re-executing fink to use the new version... Scanning package description files.......... Information about 2519 packages read in 1 seconds.W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/crypto Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_crypto_binary-darwin-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_main_binary-darwin-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list file: unstable/crypto Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_unstable_crypto_binary-darwin-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
--------------------------------------------------------Eventhough when I was asked in a previous step if I wanted to activate unstable tree, I said yes:
----------------------------------------------------------- The "unstable" tree does not appear to be activated in your fink now. Do you want to activate it? [y/N] yNew trees have been added. You should run "fink selfupdate-rsync" or a related
command in order to download the latest list of packages in the trees. (1) Quiet (do not show download statistics) (2) Low (do not show tarballs being expanded) (3) Medium (will show almost everything) (4) High (will show everything) How verbose should Fink be? [2] ---------------------------------------------------------------I have tried to access Fink Commander to follow Alexander's advice, I couldn't find it (spotlight couldn't either). What is the path from /sw ? Or what is the command from Terminal to ask again to access unstable tree? I found some hints in the FAQ, but I am not sure I understand all the meanings and implications...
Thanks a lot !! Michel Hanspeter Niederstrasser a écrit :
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, MichelWe 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
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