On 10/21/14, 6:03 PM, Peter Olmsted wrote: > Hi, > > 1. I'm trying to get things set up on Yosemite. I have to reinstall > everything from scratch, and have run into a couple of snafus. The immediate > one that surfaced on more than one package is that some packages seem to > require xmkmf. For example: > > Tue 21 Oct 8:22pm> fink install texlive > Information about 9905 packages read in 1 seconds. > Can't resolve dependency "xmkmf (>= 1.0.2-3)" for package > "texlive-0.20110705-105" (no matching packages/versions found) > Exiting with failure. > > This also happened with xfig. > > Looking around, it seems that xmkmf is an outdated form of makefile that is > no longer supported. What do we do for packages that we need such as these? > Do I move to MacPorts or something else? Can I get xmkmf somewhere? > > 2. The package listing on the fink website doesn't work: > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/index.php?phpLang=en > > It says "The database was last updated Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:01:27 (UTC) and > currently lists 1 packages in 26 sections." and a search or clicking on one > of the sections, picks up nothing. Is the web listing dead? > > Thanks for any help! > > - Peter > > ==================================================================== > Peter D Olmsted > ==================================================================== > > > >
Hand-builds or using Macports won't help much with Fink problems without additional hacking of the package descriptions, because Fink worries about _package_ dependencies rather than _files_, in general. xmkmf currently isn’t working properly on Yosemite because we haven’t been able to get llvm-gcc42 to build, and xmkmf currently requires that. I’ll file a report with the llvm-gcc42 maintainer about that. You can try installing xmkmf, llvm-gcc42, and llvm-gcc42-shlibs from the 10.9 binary distribution: Download the packages from http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.9/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/devel/xmkmf_1.0.6-1203_darwin-x86_64.deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.9/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/languages/llvm-gcc42_2336.11-7_darwin-x86_64.deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.9/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/languages/llvm-gcc42-shlibs_2336.11-7_darwin-x86_64.deb then use sudo dpkg -i /path/to/*.deb to install them. Or, if you think you'll need the 10.9 binary distribution for more packages, you can follow the 10.9 instructions at the bottom of http://bindist.finkmirrors.net and put the "deb ..." line in the areas of /sw/etc/apt/sources.list which are safe for local modifications. I don't think I can help with the package database issue--I don't have admin access to that server. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ 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
