I was trying to install rust which requires (among ton of other things) pandoc. Pandoc requires alex apparently but doesn't appear to list it in its requirements.
`--> fink install pandoc Information about 10432 packages read in 1 seconds. The following package will be installed or updated: pandoc Setting runtime build-lock... dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2 /sw/src/fink.build dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2' in `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2_2015.02.28-12.30.18_darwin-x86_64.deb'. Installing build-lock package... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2_2015.02.28-12.30.18_darwin-x86_64.deb Selecting previously deselected package fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2. (Reading database ... 199978 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2 (from .../fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2_2015.02.28-12.30.18_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... Setting up fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2 (2015.02.28-12.30.18) ... sudo -u fink-bld [ENV] sh -c /tmp/fink.CaAfl env LANG=C LC_ALL=C /sw/bin/tar --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions -xf /sw/src/pandoc-1.12.4.2.tar.gz sudo -u fink-bld [ENV] sh -c /tmp/fink.RDBds /tmp/fink.jUnRy #!/bin/sh -ev runghc Setup.hs configure --prefix=/sw --docdir=/sw/share/doc/pandoc --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/lib Configuring pandoc-1.12.4.2... Setup.hs: The program alex is required but it could not be found. ### execution of /tmp/fink.jUnRy failed, exit code 1 ### execution of /tmp/fink.RDBds failed, exit code 1 Removing runtime build-lock... Removing build-lock package... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2 (Reading database ... 199979 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fink-buildlock-pandoc-1.12.4.2-2 ... Failed: phase compiling: pandoc-1.12.4.2-2 failed After installing alex pandoc now requires happy ... So alex and happy should be added to the pandoc requirements I think. Bill W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
