-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/1/11 10:51 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > On 9/1/2011 9:51 AM, m wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm running 10.7 Lion. >> >> I'm trying to install the nicotine package which was still >> available in 10.6. >> >> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/nicotine >> >> Because it's not available in 10.7 > > Yes, the 10.7 distribution was a clean break from previous Fink > distributions and we're slowly moving packages to 10.7 as we test > them and know they work. > >> I downloaded the package from this website: >> >> http://nicotine.thegraveyard.org/ >> >> I have fink set up (unstable) but don't have any idea how to >> compile this package. (sorry, I was using apt-get package-name in >> the past and don't really know how to compile a package from an >> external source) >> >> Well, could anyone tell me how to do this? > > Fink is not set up to build manually downloaded packages. If > there's a package that you want in Fink and it's not available for > your specific OS version, the best solution is to contact the > maintainer, whom I've CC'd to this message, and ask him or her > about adding the package to your distribution. You can also carbon > copy one of the fink lists in case you don't hear a direct response > back from the maintainer. > > Christian, I was able to get nicotine to work on 10.7 by updating > all the python dependencies to python2.7. Can I add it with these > changes to the 10.7 distribution? >
He hasn't been active in _years_, so I demaintained the package, as well as switched it to python27 and updated it from 1.0.8rc1 to real 1.0.8, and added that to both the 10.7 and 10.4 distributions. > m: 10.7 doesn't have a binary distribution channel, so apt-get will > not really accomplish anything. For 10.7, you want 'fink install > <PKG>'. This will automatically download and build the sources for > whatever you asked (that is available for your distribution). > > Hanspeter > > - -- 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5fo2wACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8fVgCgga9oowcfs0peMc9IPDOznRaV hkIAniMBhSMfgYhlH7R89qhIxkh8/GqH =UdM/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
