Oops. You did have the right one there (now you have a spare!). However, the error message does look the same. It must be somewhere else in your PATH. What does "which head" give you?
-- Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX -----Original Message----- From: Avram Aelony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:56 PM To: Alexander K. Hansen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fink-users] fink install pdfslide fails Ah.. but I clicked on the link http://perso.wanadoo.fr/costabel/head and copied it to /usr/bin/head (after renaming the preexisting copy to "head-fromperl") but so far it didn't ameliorate things. In fact, the 2 "heads" look identical... Am I missing another head..? ( how punning, ouch!) -rwxr-xr-x 1 aelony staff 14436 Oct 13 18:50 /usr/bin/head* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14436 Sep 22 17:45 /usr/bin/head-fromperl* thanks, Avram On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 06:35 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > That's the infamous HEAD vs head problem on HFS filesystems--there's a > Perl > module that wants to install /usr/bin/HEAD, and it overwrote your > /usr/bin/head: > > http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.php#head > > Martin Costabel has graciously posted (at least as of September 16 of > this > year) a copy of the correct /usr/bin/head at > > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/costabel/head > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Avram > Aelony > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Fink-users] fink install pdfslide fails > > > hi all, > > Is there a problem with pdfslide installation from fink? > Issuing " fink install pdfslide" fails. > I am using Package manager version: 0.13.7 and Distribution version: > 0.5.3.cvs > I have a preexisting latex installation (from fink: TeX (Web2C 7.4.5) > 3.14159 ). > The log states "No compile needed" but perhaps it does after all? > > Any insight is appreciated. > > thanks, > Avram > > > > Output prior to fail listed below: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > sudo /sw/bin/fink install pdfslide > Password: > Information about 1312 packages read in 2 seconds. > > The following package will be installed or updated: > pdfslide > rm -rf pdfslide-0.50-4 > mkdir -p /sw/src/pdfslide-0.50-4 > unzip -o /sw/src/pdfslide-0.50.zip > Archive: /sw/src/pdfslide-0.50.zip > creating: pdfslide/ > inflating: pdfslide/mpgraph.pdf > inflating: pdfslide/manual.tex > inflating: pdfslide/demo.pdf > inflating: pdfslide/d12.jpg > inflating: pdfslide/slide.clo > inflating: pdfslide/bg.jpg > inflating: pdfslide/pdfslide.cfg > inflating: pdfslide/pdfslide.sty > inflating: pdfslide/meta.mp > inflating: pdfslide/metablue.pdf > inflating: pdfslide/metagray.pdf > inflating: pdfslide/metagreen.pdf > inflating: pdfslide/metalgray.pdf > inflating: pdfslide/pause.sty > cp /sw/src/lppl.txt . > echo "No compile needed" > No compile needed > rm -rf /sw/src/root-pdfslide-0.50-4 > mkdir -p /sw/src/root-pdfslide-0.50-4/sw > mkdir -p /sw/src/root-pdfslide-0.50-4/DEBIAN > mkdir -p /sw/src/root-pdfslide-0.50-4/sw/share/doc/pdfslide > mv ../lppl.txt /sw/src/root-pdfslide-0.50-4/sw/share/doc/pdfslide > head -18 pdfslide.sty > > /sw/src/root-pdfslide-0.50-4/sw/share/doc/pdfslide/license.info > Unknown option: 18 > Usage: head [-options] <url>... > -m <method> use method for the request (default is 'HEAD') > -f make request even if head believes method is illegal > -b <base> Use the specified URL as base > -t <timeout> Set timeout value > -i <time> Set the If-Modified-Since header on the request > -c <conttype> use this content-type for POST, PUT, CHECKIN > -a Use text mode for content I/O > -p <proxyurl> use this as a proxy > -P don't load proxy settings from environment > -H <header> send this HTTP header (you can specify several) > > -u Display method and URL before any response > -U Display request headers (implies -u) > -s Display response status code > -S Display response status chain > -e Display response headers > -d Do not display content > -o <format> Process HTML content in various ways > > -v Show program version > -h Print this message > > -x Extra debugging output > ### execution of failed, exit code 255 > Failed: installing pdfslide-0.50-4 failed > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. 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