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Update installation instructions.
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diff -u -d -r1.49 -r1.50
--- uguide.en.xml 1 Jun 2007 03:20:27 -0000 1.49
+++ uguide.en.xml 17 Nov 2007 18:07:46 -0000 1.50
@@ -199,34 +199,33 @@
<title>Installing the Source Distribution</title>
<p>
The source distribution comes as a standard Unix tarball (.tar.gz).
-It contains only the <code>fink</code> package manager and its package
-descriptions and will download the source for packages on the fly.
+It contains only the <code>fink</code> package manager <!--and its package
+descriptions -->and will download the source for packages on the fly.
You can get it from the
<link url="http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php";>download
page</link>.
-It is important that you don't use StuffIt Expander to extract the tar
-archive.
-For some reason StuffIt still can't handle long file names.
-If StuffIt Expander already extracted the archive, throw away the
-folder it created.
+Older versions of StuffIt Expander have difficuly with handling long file
names, so if you have any problems you'll need to remove the folder it
generates and follow the command-line instructions below.
</p>
<p>
The source release must be installed from the command line, so open
Terminal.app and change to the directory where you put the
-fink-0.x.x-full.tar.gz archive.
-(Note: If you have OS X 10.4 and XCode 2.1, you should use
+<!--fink-0.x.x-full.tar.gz (put back when appropriate-->
<filename>fink-0.27.x.tar.gz</filename> archive. Your web browser may have
partially extracted the archive; in this case you will have
<filename>fink-0.27.x.tar</filename> in your download directory, and you should
skip the first command below.
+<!--(Note: If you have OS X 10.4 and XCode 2.1, you should use
<filename>fink-0.8.0-full-XCode-2.1.tar.gz</filename> instead, and make
-the appropriate changes below.)
-The following command extracts the archive:
+the appropriate changes below.)-->
+The following commands extract the archive:
</p>
- <codeblock>tar -xzf fink-0.x.x-full.tar.gz</codeblock>
+ <!--<codeblock>tar -xzf fink-0.x.x-full.tar.gz</codeblock>-->
+ <codeblock>
+gunzip fink-0.27.x.tar.gz
+tar -xf fink-0.27.x.tar</codeblock>
<p>
That creates a directory with the same name as the archive.
-We'll just keep on using the placeholder <code>fink-0.x.x-full</code>
-here.
+We'll just keep on using the placeholder <!--<code>fink-0.x.x-full</code>-->
+<filename>fink-0.27.x</filename> here.
Now, change into that directory and run the bootstrap script:
</p>
- <codeblock>cd fink-0.x.x-full
-./bootstrap.sh</codeblock>
+ <codeblock>cd fink-0.27.x
+./bootstrap</codeblock>
<p>
The script will run some checks on your system and use sudo to become
root - that will prompt you for your password.
@@ -265,8 +264,8 @@
<p>
To use the software installed in Fink's directory hierarchy, including
the package management programs themselves, you must set your PATH
-environment variable (and some others) accordingly.
-In most cases, you can do this by entering the command
+environment variable (and some others) accordingly. Current Fink versions do
this automatically, and typically you will just need to open a new Terminal.app
window to ensure that these settings are applied. However, in some instances
you will need to proceed manually.</p>
+<p>In most cases, you can do this by entering the command
</p>
<codeblock>/sw/bin/pathsetup.sh</codeblock>
<p>
@@ -371,10 +370,11 @@
qt package sets the QTDIR environment variable.
</p>
<p>
-Once your environment is set up, proceed to the
+Once your environment is set up, <!--current as of 11/16/2007--> you will need
to grab package descriptions as per the <xref chapter="upgrade">Upgrading
Fink</xref> chapter under <em>Upgrading the Source Distribution</em>, and then
proceed to the
<xref chapter="packages">Installing Packages</xref> chapter to see how
you can install some actually useful packages using the various
-package management tools included in Fink.
+package management tools included in Fink.
+
</p>
</section>
</chapter>
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