If you mean just building the ordinary packages from source, then look at http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/packages.php#src
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok... > Whether I am in gnome or kde, or just a wm and term, I have NEVER gotten > anything to compile. > Sadly I am not N*X expert so I'm handicapped there anyway... but I'm tired of > having to wait for something to show up in fink in order to install it. > I have edited the .cshrc as per the FAQ and it makes no difference. > Basically I guess I am suppose to set some veriable with ./configure but > sionce I haven't a clue how I'm lost. > I have tried installing from fink and then installing the exact same item > from source copying the fink ./configure command but it still fails. I've > tried it in super user mode and still no dice. > Frustraited beyond words, I have also attempted to set the Look for > downloaded files here option in preferences. Then I place tarballs, unpacked > tar balls and deb file there and they never become available to fink.... I > realize I must be clueless, so can some one help me understand why nothing I > do works? > TIA > April. > P.S. There really needs to be a layman's guide to using fink. I mean I used > to use SuSE 7.0 and never had anything fail to compile (As long as I dl'd the > suse or ppc dist.) > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
