Alexander,
That worked! I had mistakenly assumed that I didn't need to self-update
because I had just installed fink.
Thank you!
Rex
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Alexander Hansen <
alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 14, 2016, at 09:31, Rex Lowther <physicsg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I would like to use fink to install SuiteSparse which is a set of matrix
> solver routines, source code. However, this is what I get:
> >
> > Rexs-MacBook-Pro:~ rexlowther$ fink install suitesparse
> > Password:
> > Scanning package description files..........
> > Information about 314 packages read in 2 seconds.
> > Failed: no package found for specification 'suitesparse'!
> >
> > Based on an internet search I'm guessing that it only sees binary
> packages until I become an "Apple developer" and download a compiler.
> However, this is just a guess. Is it necessary to become an Apple
> developer?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Rex
> > --
> > Greetings from Rex Lowther
> > physicsg...@gmail.com
>
> Nope, the internet misled you. :-)
>
> You didn’t specify your OS X version or how you installed Fink. A
> compiler is mandatory to install Fink for any OS X version we currently
> support (10.9-10.11).
>
> Start with running “fink selfupdate”, because you definitely don’t have a
> current set of package descriptions. There should be around 9000 (and
> about the same number for the binary distribution).
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
>
>
--
Greetings from Rex Lowther
physicsg...@gmail.com
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