Re: [Fink-users] Compiling Anything

[AprilGsMailbox]

As soon as I have some time to download and install something (Other pressing issues require my attention.) I will post the error (if any since several of you have given me advice and sources of litrature I did not already have THANKS)
Also, I have not actually found anything that was darwin in what I've been wanting. I have been trying ppc and plain source tarballs. But I'll poke around harder for darwin sources.
Thanks for your reply :)

April.

In a message dated 2/23/03 2:05:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

OK--that's clearer to me.

I'd have to say it depends on the package:� some actually have Darwin
versions, so that it will compile right away with no problems.� Some will
work if you have installed special packages that provide headers and the
like that OSX doesn't have but the package wants.� Some require patching,
and some just flat don't work.

Maybe post an example.

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 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.)
> > >
> >
> > --
> > 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
> >
>
>

--
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


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