Re: [Fink-users] Compiling Anything

[AprilGsMailbox]

No. I mean lets say I go to source forge and find a application I want. I down load the source tarball and then using sutffit unpack it before going into XDarwin or I simply use the Gnome filemanager to unpack it. The CD to the directory and type ./configure
So you know I'm using the latest release of XDarwin not apples X11 or the Fink XFree86

In a message dated 2/22/03 2:33:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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.)
>

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