On 11/16/06, Fritz Wettstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Dave an Martin, but how do I proceed if, for example, I want to > download/install gnome-games from > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/section.php/gnome?
According to http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/gnome-games It's in the unstable tree: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#unstable > > David R. Morrison schrieb: > > > > On Nov 16, 2006, at 6:12 AM, Fritz Wettstein wrote: > > > >> How do I download and install source packages. I don't know how to > >> define a server for sources in /sw/etc/apt/sources.list. > > > > The fink project has borrowed the "apt-get" tool from the debian > > project to manage _binary_ packages, but we don't use apt-get to > > manage "source packages". (In fact, the debian concept of "source > > packages" doesn't really exist in fink.) If a fink package "foo" > > doesn't exist in binary form, then you install it with the command > > "fink install foo" (which will download the source tarball from the > > original site or from a fink mirror location for source tarballs, and > > then compile the source into a fink package). > > > > -- Dave > > Fritz > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) Got job? http://akhmac.blogdns.net/~hansen/akh_cv/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
