poeschl wrote: .. a typo
The retry on mozilla should read ... roman-poeschls-computer:~ poeschl$ fink --use-binary-dist install mozilla Information about 5705 packages read in 1 seconds. Failed: no package found for specification 'mozilla'! Cheers, Roman > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Fink-users] Problems when installing mozilla > From: > poeschl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:16:05 +0100 > To: > Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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. >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
