Just a quick post to close this discussion and thank Robert for helping me.
My journey continues, and not surprisingly, I'm now on the Synfig support forum.
Marti
Begin forwarded message:
>
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Can't install Synfig studio software with Fink
> Date: 24 February 2012 1:47:16 AM AEDT
>
>
> Hi Marti,
>
> Remember to reply to the list so that others can help too! (That's the beauty
> of a global user base!)
>
> Okay, I don't think you have a mess, rather I think you're ready to now do a
> fink selfupdate, if you haven't already:
>
> fink selfupdate-rsync [the first time or]
> fink selfupdate [thereafter]
>
> By this point, fink should "see" your package, you can tell with:
> fink list synfigstudio
>
> If it does, then:
> fink install synfigstudio
>
> If it doesn't, reply to the list!
>
> Best regards,
> Robert
>
>
> Marti wrote:
>>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Thanks for such a quick response.
>>
>> In between emails I had restarted my computer. I opened a terminal window
>> and entered 'fink list synfigstudio' as per below. It read 'Information
>> about 312 packages read in 0 seconds.'
>>
>> Looking at the installation instructions again, I fear that I must have got
>> lost in the process and not fully downloaded Fink. After section 2.2
>> Installing the source distribution, the terminal session that Fink
>> was ready to use (well, at least that's what I think it said). So I skipped
>> 2.3 Setting up your environment and went to 3 Installing packages, section
>> 3.4 Installing binary and source. That's when I had no success and emailed
>> you.
>>
>> I have also just gone back to the base instructions
>> (http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.en.php) and noted I have not done
>> steps 2-3 "Double-click "Fink-0.9.0-XYZ-Installer.dmg" (where XYZ is either
>> PowerPC or Intel) to mount the disk image, then double-click the "Fink 0.9.0
>> XYZ Installer.pkg" package inside. Follow the instructions on screen." I
>> can't find 'Fink-0.9.0-XYZ-Installer.dmg' in the Fink folder when I look in
>> Finder. (I thought Fink was run within a Terminal environment)
>>
>> Out of curiosity I went to step 4 If anything goes wrong during this
>> process, you can try again by launching the pathsetup application which
>> appears on the installer disk, or by running (from the command line in a
>> Terminal.app window)
>> /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh
>> I tried this and the terminal session read "OK" and a window popped up
>> "You're environment seems to be correctly set up"
>>
>> I think I've created a bit of a mess, hey? ....and demonstrated a total lack
>> of coding knowledge....but I'm keen to learn!
>>
>>
>> Marti
>>
>> On 23/02/2012, at 11:27 AM, Robert Wyatt wrote:
>>
>>> Marti wrote:
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I want to install 'Synfigstudio' software package and was directed to Fink
>>>> via the Synfig website (http://www.synfig.org/cms/en/download/stable).
>>>>
>>>> I used the fink instructions for first time Fink installation. I had
>>>> installed the day before the latest version of XCode (4.3 (4E109)). I have
>>>> a Mac OS X 10.7.3.
>>>>
>>>> I believe I completed instructions listed in Fink section 2, First time
>>>> installation, successfully
>>>> (http://www.finkproject.org/doc/users-guide/install.php#setup).
>>>>
>>>> I then moved to Section 3, installing packages instructions.
>>>> (http://www.finkproject.org/doc/users-guide/packages.php?phpLang=en). I
>>>> believe Synfig is not binary
>>>> (http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=synfig&dist_name=any
>>>> <http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=synfig&dist_name=any>),
>>>> so started following instruction 3.4. I already had Xcode installed, but
>>>> still proceeded with 'fink list' and saw it listed as 'i'. In case I
>>>> misunderstood the the significance of this step I then entered 'fink
>>>> install xcode' and the Terminal session said "Information about 312
>>>> packages read in 1 seconds. No packages to install." I assume that is
>>>> because XCode is already there.
>>>>
>>>> Finally I get to the fun bit and I type in the magic code 'fink install
>>>> synfigstudio' (which i believe is one of the 7 components of Synfig). I
>>>> was prompted to enter my password and it returned the message "Information
>>>> about 312 packages read in 0 seconds. Failed: no package found for
>>>> specification 'synfig'!"
>>>>
>>>> Please help, I've done my best at following instructions, I've veiwed the
>>>> FAQ and tried looking at historical emails. I might have missed something,
>>>> but I gave it a good shot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Marti *
>>>
>>> Hi Marti,
>>>
>>> Have you run this yet?
>>>
>>> fink selfupdate-rsync
>>>
>>> In other words, what do you get when you run the following:
>>>
>>> fink list synfigstudio
>>>
>>> --Robert
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