I think I am running purely 64 bit, in case that's the issue

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Seth Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> You may need to tell me how to set a breakpoint and give you a better
> error result.
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Seth Johnson <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Davy, thank you so much.
>>
>> I got this error:
>>
>> Unpacking leo (from leo_5.0-1_Fink.deb) ...
>> /sw/bin/dpkg-deb: file `leo_5.0-1_Fink.deb' contains ununderstood data
>> member data.tar.xz     , giving up
>> dpkg(49543,0x7fff7e7fe300) malloc: *** error for object
>> 0x7fff58a53d90: pointer being freed was not allocated
>> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
>>
>> I'll follow up on mime and desktop launchers, as I don't know yet.  A
>> little worried because I already have a problem (unrelated to this)
>> where if I try to "Open with" and click on "always open with" my
>> system doesn't register that file association.
>>
>> I think the main deal with most installs on Mac OSX is to put the app
>> in /Applications .   For fink, in /sw/Applications or /sw/bin
>>
>> Installation packages (other than fink and its apt-get approach)
>> literally have the style of an archive that you open with an
>> application folder and a virtual link to the system /Application
>> directory in it, and the install instructions are simply to drag the
>> application icon to the /Application directory.
>>
>> That generally just puts the app in a standard location in the Apple
>> Finder app, where most apps are launched from (other than the fink
>> apps which launch from a bash prompt).  One can drag from there to the
>> desktop if one wants a desktop launcher, or into the popup application
>> launcher at the bottom of the Mac OSX desktop interface.  This is
>> standard for Mac apps, and you don't get a lot of desktop launchers
>> from installing apps.
>>
>> Other apps do have an installation app that you double click on in the
>> archive that behaves much like say a .msi install.
>>
>> Given how fink apps generally work on Mac, maybe you don't need to
>> bother with Desktop launchers, just apt-get and then one just types
>> "leo" at the bash prompt.
>>
>> So I will follow up after searching for instructions on creating a
>> "shortcut" icon for a fink app and how to set mime file associations.
>>
>>
>> Seth
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Davy Cottet <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I've just uploaded a first build of a Fink deb package for Mac users.
>>>
>>> You can download it here :
>>> https://mega.co.nz/#!CQRQhKCL!toISQjV0XExLAhmUu3mgCefYK9MoTzxFWUNi5iouPno
>>>
>>> Then try to install it with Fink :
>>> sudo dpkg -i leo_5.0-1_Fink.deb
>>>
>>> To remove it :
>>> sudo dpkg -r leo_5.0-1_Fink.deb
>>>
>>> This is a very basic version that should just install :
>>>  - dependencies (python 2.7, qt4, pyqt4, docutils & pygments)
>>>  - a launcher here : /sw/bin/leo
>>>  - leo package here /sw/share/pyshared/leo/
>>>
>>> If this work, I'll be glad if you can tell me where to install what in order
>>> to get mime type & desktop launchers.
>>> Maybe it need some more dependencies, just tell me.
>>>
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