Well, Fritz, checking the Fink database shows that Firefox 3.6.16 is available
for 10.4/PPC in the Stable repository.
What happens if you open a Terminal window
(Applications->Utilities->Terminal.app), and enter:
fink install firefox
--David
--- On Thu, 4/14/11, Fritz Hudnut <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Fritz Hudnut <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Tried some commands and nothing exactly happens
To: "David T." <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], "Alexander Hansen"
<[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 2:56 PM
David & Dr H:
Since I'm on a roll here, still stumbling around with the Fink thing . . . to
David's question, "what am I trying to install?" Well, I am looking for a way
to keep an up to date browser going in a PPC computer as Apple begins to drop
support for PPC the OS is generally adequate for my needs, but the browsers
begin to not show current features. The hope is to find a way to do that
without changing the OS to Linux, etc since mostly 10.4.11 covers my needs.
But, right now the binary browser available thru FC is Mozilla which may in
fact be an older version than what I have from my 10.1 OS. So it looks like a
bit of a learning curve on using Fink to install FF or whatever from source . .
. . That's mainly what I'm looking for from the Unix side of things--just be
able to get to new web features as the OS becomes "obsolete." But, while I'm
asking my naive questions, do I need a "desktop" like GNOME or K to run
whatever Unix browser I could get
running since OSX already has a desktop? And, one final step to the banana
peel, I've looked for the User guide for Fink as per Dr H's suggestion but I
see it no where on the web site or in the installed Fink folders . . . where do
I find it? Thanks. I'll be leaving the room shortly. : - )
F
http://surfingthetimelesswave.net
Look at the Users Guide, which is more like a manual.
- --
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
So, I guess at this point, the proper question to ask you is this: what are you
trying to install?
Cheers,
David
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