Kevin Horton wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:38:41 -0500 > Alan Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I'm trying to install tetex and tetex-texmf which require massive >> downloads (dialup). >> >> Therefore I would like to use a separate download manager for the >> source packages. The Fink FAQ gives instructions on locating the >> packages on the Internet, and then moving the downloaded packages to / >> sw/src where they will be picked up on a fink install. >> >> However, I have been unable to determine the specific source file name >> (s) making up a fink (source) package. The FAQ seems to think that >> one already knows the file name. Google searches don't turn up exact >> matching filenames with version numbers. Also the files found by >> Google don't seem to match the size of the downloads that the fink >> install is attemtping. >> >> > > man fink suggests that the following should work: > > fink fetch -d -r package_name_you_want > > You should be able to pick up the full download URLs from the output. But, > if there is a .deb file that fink would download from the binary > distribution, I'm not sure how to find the URL to download the .deb. > > You can get the URL for any .deb file via the archive browser. Check out:
http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/10.4/release and go from there. You can download the .debs anywhere and use dpkg -i <filename> to install them. > You can also find the .info files for the packages, and manually inspect them > to find the source URL. Note that you will need to decipher fink's percent > expansion: > > http://www.finkproject.org/doc/packaging/format.php?phpLang=en#percent > > %n = the package name usually found near the top of the info file > %v = the version of the software, found near the top of the info file. > > Kevin Horton > > fink dumpinfo -fsource <packagename> also will generate a human-readable version (I think it just uses the default mirror, so it's not impossible that the source is invalid at that site). Another option is the "apt-zip" package, which generates a script to download a .deb for a package (and any dependencies). -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink User Liaison/Documenter akh AT finkproject DOT org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
