Thank you Dr. Hansen. I followed these instructions http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#unstable because that's what I tried the day before, after I switched to unstable, but I was misunderstanding things no doubt. Lucky I did no harm, and got to the right command at the end. Jim
On Apr 6, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 4/5/11 11:02 PM, Jim Worrall wrote: > Strangely, I repeated what I did yesterday, with no finking inbetween > (except fink list), and this time it worked: > fink selfupdate > fink selfupdate-rsync You shouldn't need both "fink selfupdate" and "fink selfupdate-rsync". That combination is only necessary for a brand new installation using the 10.5 binary installer. > fink index -f "fink index -f" was needed immediately after using the 10.5 installer because of a timestamp issue. You normally don't need to run this. > fink scanpackages "fink scanpackages" is mostly irrelevant for new package installs. Its purpose is to make packages which you have built on your system known to apt-get--and it gets run by default after every install operation. > fink install ffmpeg > > Now ffmpeg gives me a version 0.6.1, and ffmpeg works! > Jim > - -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAk2cQkMACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ/nSQCYxY5Qi7AAmBvBdMxkAUXhKg04 pQCfScwdRQck5qwoAthnTd4rSyVhCSc= =hrF1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
