-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 7/17/11 11:57 AM, R Miracle wrote: > I have installed Gimp with Fink but when I do as recommended in > http://www.gimp.org 'sudo apt-get install gimp' the application > loaded is v.1.4.
Don't rely on third-party websites for information about how to use Fink. > > After reading fink documentation, I have performed 'fink list' and > there appear to be several gimp2 packages (with current version of > 2.6 in the description). > > I have tried 'sudo apt-get install gimp2' but an error message says > 'E: Couldn't find package gimp2'; then with 'sudo apt-get install > gimp2-default' another error message is displayed 'E: Package > gimp2-default has no installation candidate'. > > I am a newbie with Fink so I am not sure I am not doing something > wrong. I would like to obtain the current version of Gimp (ie, 2.6), > but, when I try gimp2 there seems that the package/s are not there > (even though they are listed by Fink). > > Thanks in advance for any comment. > > RM (Tried to install in MacBook Pro OSX Leopard 10.5.8 and just > installed Fink - btw, Gimp 1.4 installed by Fink works correctly) > > http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#bindist According to http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/gimp2 there is no "Binary distribution" version of gimp2 in Fink, and our 'apt-get' doesn't handle source installs. Try "fink install gimp2-default" or "fink install gimp2-svg-default", depending on whether you want SVG support or not. - -- 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4jDUcACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ+dMgCgmuKupcJC0+qeoXxizLV2u1Mf KIEAniytvHPhUVF6y+78fw165enSzBZ3 =6m/v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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
