Try updating your package descriptions with 'fink selfupdate-cvs'

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Emmanuel Caux wrote:

> Deal helper,
>
> I am trying to install gv on my mac (Powerbook G4 500MHz, Mac OSX
> 10.1.5) and I have the following troubles :
>
> with fink, I do :
>
> [mac-3:~] manu% fink install gv
> sudo /sw/bin/fink  install gv
> Reading package info...
> Updating package index... done.
> Information about 765 packages read in 13 seconds.
>
>
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
>
> (1)  ghostscript: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v7.02
> (2)  ghostscript6: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v6.01 (used with teTeX)
> (3)  system-ghostscript: Placeholder package for manually installed ghostscript
>
> Pick one: [1] 2
>
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
>
> (1)  ghostscript-fonts: Standard fonts for Ghostscript
> (2)  system-ghostscript: Placeholder package for manually installed ghostscript
>
> Pick one: [1]
> The following package will be installed or updated:
>   gv
> The following 8 additional packages will be installed:
>   ghostscript-fonts ghostscript6 libpng libpng-shlibs type1inst xaw3d
>   xfree86-base zlib
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> curl -f -L -s -S -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/bindist/source/X410src-1.tgz
> curl: (22) The requested file was not found
> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 22
> Downloading the file "X410src-1.tgz" failed.
>
> (1)  Give up
> (2)  Retry
>
> How do you want to proceed? [2] 1
> Failed: file download failed for X410src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.1.0-8
> [mac-3:~] manu%
>
>
> Why this is trying to make me install xfree86-base-4.1.0-8 when I
> already have a newer version of xfree-base installed :
>
> [mac-3:~] manu% fink list xfree
> Information about 765 packages read in 2 seconds.
>
>       system-xfree86   4.2-1        Placeholder package for manually installe...
>   i   xfree86-base     4.2.0-12     XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and...
>       xfree86-rootles  4.2.0-12     XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and...
>       xfree86-server   4.1.0-5      XFree86 display server (stable release)
> [mac-3:~] manu%
>
>
> If I try with apt-get, I stop the process because I do not have any
> option to install ghostcript6 instead of ghostcript (v 7.02 by
> default) which is mandatory for me as I am using teTeX :
>
> [mac-3:~] manu% sudo apt-get install gv
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>    ghostscript ghostscript-fonts libpng libpng-shlibs rman type1inst xaw3d zlib
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    ghostscript ghostscript-fonts gv libpng libpng-shlibs rman
> type1inst xaw3d zlib
> 0 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
> Need to get 5168kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
> Abort.
> [mac-3:~] manu%
>
>
> Could you help me ???
>
> Many thanks and best regards,
>



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