Dr H:
Well, OK, on the FF version, that's what you said before about it. I have
Tenfourfox installed already, not by fink, so we'll see if that will
continue to be supported in the future, I've started to use it. But, I took
David's advice and ran "fink install firefox" in a Terminal window and it
downloaded some version of FF plus 99 dependencies and when I left it had
been installiing for about an hour and might still be installing when I get
home 4 hours later . . . . And, then we'll see which version it installed.
But, I'm starting to see what fink is actually doing and see that in
Terminal it's possible to have fink install from source code without me
knowing what I'm doing--it's just the time factor and the 800MHz processor
is more or less maxed while that process is going on--I can't ask it to do
much else while the fink install is going on. So, anyway, I'm away from the
unit that is loading fink FF, but the next thing is as newer versions of FF
become available FF would be updated in the "rsync" command? Or to launch
this fink installed version of FF I just type "firefox" in a Terminal or X11
window? Otherwise, thanks for the replies and I'll be spending my time
reading the Guide.
F
http://surfingthetimelesswave.net
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Alexander Hansen <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> Umm...no. The latest version of Firefox available for 10.4/PPC is
> firefox2. "firefox" will install version 1.0.8:
>
>
> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?name=firefox&dist_name=10.4&architecture=powerpc&tree=stable
>
> However, we've also got a "tenfourfox" in unstable, which is a powerpc
> port of Firefox4--it uses the built in Aqua desktop, rather than X11.
>
>
> The Users Guide came with your Fink binary installer, and is available at:
>
> http://www.finkproject.org/doc/users-guide/index.php
>
> On 4/14/11 6:35 PM, David T. wrote:
> > 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 <
> 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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> - --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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