Thanks for the kind answer. I could finally install db4 but as you said the guide for installing Mumps is not updated...in conclusion I've no mumps so it would be absolutely great to provide a package or, at least, a guide for Mountain Lion ;)
Cheers, Steve On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/18/12 2:22 AM, Plutus to wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> very first message so please be kind :) > > Nope. ;-) > >> I'm trying to install Mumps on osx 10.8 and one of the steps is to >> install db4 via fink. >> Well, this package apparently can not be found. I've checked on Fink >> website and the package exists but for osx 10.4, > > Well, really what you're seeing is that it's available for 10.5, but > 10.4 has it, too. > > so I guess that the >> sole problem is that I can't fetch it (of course I've first of all >> updated the database and so on). >> >> How can I deal? >> thanx! >> >> Steva >> > > That's not the sole problem, most likely. "db4" represents an ancient > DB version. It doesn't exist on newer platforms because we've updated > our packages to use newer versions of DB. > > I'd recommend trying a newer DB version which is available on 10.8, like > db48 or db48-aes. That's available on 10.8. db51 or db53 might be > pushing things. > > This is yet another case of a an upstream website that says "use Fink" > but doesn't bother to check our package lists, update for new OS X > versions, etc. > > I'm not sure whether or not we can make an official package for mumps to > help folks out. The license doesn't seem to indicate that the source > can't be redistributed (which we normally need), but since upstream > makes you fill out a form to get the source, that makes things a little > harder. > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ 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
