Hi This is my first post, so please be kind.....
I run MAC OSX 10.1.3 and recently installed X-Windows and Fink and have successfully set up a couple of window managers (I use Window Maker) and several applications including GNOME. I would now like to try out a few additional ones that are listed in the 'unstable' group (namely gnome-pim, gnumeric and abiword). I tried to research how to do this and found the following: > Q3.8: There's this package in > unstable that I want to install, but the fink command just says 'no > package found'. How can I install it? > A: > First make sure you understand what 'unstable' means. > Packages in there usually have not been tested at all, many have > problems or just won't compile. > That is why Fink doesn't search the unstable tree by default. > If you only want one or two specific packages, it is safer to copy > those .info files (and their associated .patch files, if there are > any) from /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo > to /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo. > If you want Fink to use all of unstable, edit /sw/etc/fink.conf and add > unstable/main to the Trees: > line. I tried this (except for the note about 'Trees:' but still received the message 'no package found' . I tried moving the referenced .info and .patch files directly into the /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo as well as putting them in their respective subdirectories there (gnome and editors) with the same result. Am I missing something? Also, if successfull in trying these, I would also like to try Nautilus and Evolution. Any hints on where/how to install these? Thanks in advance for any assistance Eric Just remember: "One World, One Web, One Program" -- Bill Gates "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" -- Adolf Hitler _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
