On Aug 29, 2009, at 6:16 AM, monipol wrote: > On 28/08/2009, at 23:09, Ben Abbott wrote: >> I see arpack on the finkproject.org homepage .... >> >> "2009-08-28: arpack-96patched-1 (Solve large scale eigenvalue >> problems)" >> http://www.finkproject.org/index.php?phpLang=en >> >> .... but I don't see it in the list of packages (on line for from the >> terminal). >> >> Can someone explain? > > > You haven't provided any information about your system, so I'd guess > it's because: > > * arpack is only available on the unstable tree. The following FAQ > entry explains how to enable that tree: > > http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable
I've got unstable turned on. > * You might be stuck at the point release (July 2008 IIRC) and maybe > arpack was released after the point release. Using either rsync or > cvs for selfupdate should bring you up-to-date. The following FAQ > section explains how to change from point to rsync or cvs: > > http://www.finkproject.org/faq/upgrade-fink.php I first noticed this a week or so back. It is likely that something like that was my problem. At the moment my problem might be that I've upgraded to Mac OS 10.6 and choose the 32bit branch. Is arpack available for 10.6? > I've written an article that explains these point, rsync, cvs > selfupdate options: > > http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/selfupdate-methods-point-rsync-cvs/ Very nice. I hadn't realized there was a Fink blog. Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
