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Alexander Hansen wrote:
On 12/21/06, poeschl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Experts,
I have tried to install mozilla on my macbook (intel 10.4)
It looks as if it has succeeded
roman-poeschls-computer:/sw/fink root# fink --use-binary-dist install
mozilla
Information about 4932 packages read in 0 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
mozilla
Reading buildlock packages...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/mozilla_1.7.5-1106_darwin-i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package mozilla.
(Reading database ... 34670 files and directories currently
installed.)
Unpacking mozilla (from .../mozilla_1.7.5-1106_darwin-i386.deb) ...
Setting up mozilla (1.7.5-1106) ...
When I however search for the binary I find nothing, i.e.
a 'which mozilla' returns nothing.
Also a search using find does not find any hint to an executable.
Earlier today I have tried to install mozilla from source but the
launching of the executable failed with an 'illegal-instruction'.
But that's more or less ok since on the corresponding webpage it is
said that mozilla is not present in stable/unstable cvs/rsynch
I am using
roman-poeschls-computer:/sw/fink root# fink -V
Package manager version: 0.25.2
Distribution version: 0.8.1.rsync i386
On the webpage http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/mozilla
however only 1.7.5-1102 is announced as mozilla version for intel
and obiously I try to download ...1106 . Maybe this is the problem.
I would be grateful for help.
All the best,
Roman
The problems are:
Hi Alexander,
thank you very much for your elucidating answer.
I am pretty sure that I use the fink version 0.8.1 for intel. I have
downloaded and installed it yesterday evening.
It looks as if a few hours ago there has been a slight bug or short
coming in the packet description. I have updated fink and now it looks like
roman-poeschls-computer:~ poeschl$ fink -V
Package manager version: 0.26.0
Distribution version: 0.8.1.rsync i386
Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 The Fink Package Manager Team
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
I believe that the 'i386' tells me that I have a proper fink package for
an intel mac.
... and now indeed
roman-poeschls-computer:~ poeschl$ fink --use-binary-dist install
Password:
Information about 5705 packages read in 1 seconds.
No packages to install.
roman-poeschls-computer:~ poeschl$
Anyway, mozilla doesn't work that's a fact ...
Can you recommed a mail client which works via fink for an intel mac?
Usually, I use 'thunderbird' on my linux machine but it is not yet
available via fink. l will give kmail a try.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Cheers,
Roman
1) mozilla doesn't work at all on Intel macs
2) your Fink setup hasn't been updated to reflect that fact--what
you've shown above is a mozilla built from source on your machine,
rather than downloaded from the binary distribution. The fact that
your machine sees a version at all to build from source indicates that
you aren't using the current package description.
-and-
3) The non-working mozilla-1.7.5-1102 hasn't been pulled from the
binary distribution for Intel machines.
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