-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/17/11 6:12 PM, Michael McFarlane wrote: > I am trying to install pdftex, xcircuit, imagemagick... on a Mac > 10.6.8 using fink and/or apt-get. But the different packages > require different versions of ghostscript. But when I update > ghostscript, i lose packages that required another version. What > can I do? (BTW, is there a search function for the archives?)
Yes, the archives are searchable. > > For instance, install tex: > >> fink install pdftex > > Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may > be able to fix things by running: > > fink scanpackages sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install > ghostscript-nox=7.04-3 > > Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent > dependencies > > (So I follow the directions and it is fine:) > >> which pdftex > /sw/bin//pdftex > > (Now, install imagemagick or xcircuit:) > >> fink install imagemagick > > Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may > be able to fix things by running: > > fink scanpackages sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install > ghostscript=8.61-5 > > Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent > dependencies > > (Follow directions, and imagemagick instals, but pdftex is gone:) > > 884 ~> which convert /sw/bin//convert 885 ~> which pdftex 886 ~> > which pdf*tex 887 ~> which *tex 888 ~> > > And, it does not matter whether i use fink or apt-get. It shouldn't because the packages, and in particular their dependencies, are the same. What can I do to install each of these packages? > > Thanks very much, Mike > Don't use a -nox version of TeX to avoid this issue: (from the stable tree) $ fink desc pdftex Scanning package description files.......... Information about 5351 packages read in 3 seconds. The requested package 'pdftex' is a virtual package, provided by: ptex-base-3.1.10-1004 ptex-nox-base-3.1.10-1004 tetex-base-3.0-1006 tetex-nox-base-3.0-1006 or (from unstable) $ fink desc pdftex Scanning package description files.......... \Information about 3557 packages read in 1 seconds. The requested package 'pdftex' is a virtual package, provided by: texlive-base-0.20100722-100 texlive-nox-base-0.20100722-10 i.e. pick texlive,base, ptex-base, tetex-base - -- 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6crcoACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ/oVgCaAkVTZ0Aly3zzpDpIQyArlNL1 0AkAn0f8Ip1y1JWxyKf82xgsX+B/fWXT =UT+6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ 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
