Yet another fink newbie to contend with. My apologies. I recently upgraded
fink, then tried updating xfig, but ran into trouble with fontconfig2-dev
needing expat (at least I am guessing that is what has happened). Some
relevant system data:
Package manager version: 0.34.4Distribution
On 16/12/12 17:57, Mike Wilkes wrote:
[]
checking for XML_SetDoctypeDeclHandler... no
configure: error:
*** expat is required. or try to use --enable-libxml2
### execution of ./configure failed, exit code 1
Have a look in the config.log file, in
/sw/src/fink.build/fontconfig2-dev
: Re: [Fink-beginners] Unable to update xfig, fontconfig2-dev, etc
On 12/16/12 12:41 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Hello Martin,
Thank you for your quick response. I am afraid I may have bigger
problems than the one I asked about. I tried to look at the config.log
file as you suggested
I finally got Leopard into shape after a reinstall of the correct intel fink,
everything fink-ish working fine. Then decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard on
my way to Mountain Lion. Had fink 0.34... something, installed alright, Xcode
and Apple's X11 (which named itself XQuartz 2.3.6 as I
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To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink and Mountain Lion
On 12/21/12 6:32 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
I finally got Leopard into shape after a reinstall of the correct intel
fink, everything fink-ish working fine
Was successful in installing nedit, gv, and xfig on the following system:
Package manager version: 0.34.4Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sat Dec
22 18:50:47 2012, 10.8, x86_64Trees: local/main stable/main
unstable/mainXcode.app: 4.5.2Xcode command-line tools: 4.5.0.0.1.1249367152Max.
Thank you, Alex. I have tried to follow your instructions. The apt-cache
policy gmp5 command shows only the 5.1.0-1 version of gmp5 on my machine. Per
plan B), I downloaded gmp5.info from the cited site...it downloaded as a text
file, is that OK? I copied it and gmp5.patch into
Thank you, sir, and my apologies for cutting into your vacation time with my
little problems. I am trying the work-around of downgrading gmp as suggested
by Alex, but appear now to be having a bit of trouble with gcc47 compiling.
I'll get back to you (and him) on that, later. By the way,
?
-Mike
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:36:19 -0700
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] ppl9 errors in attempting to install grace
On 12/23/12 12:11 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Thank you, Alex. I have
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To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] ppl9 errors in attempting to install grace
On 12/23/12 3:22 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Alex,
I downloaded the correct gmp5.info file, installed it with the
gmp5.patch file
: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:48:21 -0700
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] ppl9 errors in attempting to install grace
On 12/24/12 6:07 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Ah so! This is probably more than you
I didn't expect to be back for help again, so soon. I attempted to install the
package dia, but the compilation failed, I gather, while trying to build
whatever bonobo is. Here is the output of what I presume (guess, hope) is
the problem:
In file included from
in libbonoboui2 on 10.8 was Re: [Fink-beginners] Error
building bonobo?
On 1/17/13 6:22 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
I didn't expect to be back for help again, so soon. I attempted to
install the package dia, but the compilation failed, I gather, while
trying to build whatever bonobo
-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Fink-beginners] build error in libgnomeui2 on 10.8
On 1/17/13 8:27 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Thanks, Alex, libbonoboui2 built properly, but there appears to be a
problem with another gnome library, libgnomeui-2.24.2-104, per the
following build error
Hello Alexander,
I installed fink's wxmaxima-standalone. Tried to enter a first simple command,
and get the error: Not connected to Maxima! Also, no help files seem to be
available. I have finks's maxima and xmaxima installed as well, both seem to
work fine. Can you explain my pathetic
Sorry, please disregard. Set path to maxima in wxmaxima (correctly, this time,
although I thought I had done this earlier), and all is well.
My apologies.
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
–Abraham Lincoln
From: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
To:
I have installed wxmaxima-mac (first installed wxmaxima-mac-standalone but
removed it because I thought it might be the reason for my problem). When I
try to define a function, say f(x):=x^3, the output line is := ^3 (a space
with a 3-superscript). If I do the same thing with maxima at the
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Output of a function definition in wxmaxima?
On 3/20/14, 11:03 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
I have installed wxmaxima-mac (first installed wxmaxima-mac-standalone
but removed it because I thought it might
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Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Output of a function definition in wxmaxima?
On 3/20/14, 12:48 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Thanks, Alexander. First, I should probably tell you that I have
wxmaxima looking into /sw/bin/maxima. Is that OK? It does seem to do
simple calculations just fine
:59:39 -0700
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Output of a function definition in wxmaxima?
On 3/20/14, 12:48 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Thanks, Alexander. First, I should probably tell you that I have
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To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Output of a function definition in wxmaxima?
On 3/24/14, 4:31 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
I have found no resolution of this problem after a considerable amount
of searching the internet
a lot more fun. - Charles R.
Swindoll
Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 06:23:20 -0700
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problems with sources.list and osx 10.5 powerpc?
On 5/4/14, 5:13 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote
, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:
On 5/9/2014 9:31 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Thank you, Hanspeter. I installed firefox on the G4 as you suggested,
without any problems. But when I try to start the firefox browser from
within xfig, a browser window appears, then X11 crashes with
g4ppc:app
Hello again,
I know this is a pain in the behind, but I get the following output after
installing sbcl-1058-maxima and sbcl-1058-maxima recode:
g4ppc:~ mikeppc$ sudo fink install sbcl-1058-maximaPassword:Information about
13433 packages read in 17 seconds.No packages to install.
g4ppc:~ mikeppc$
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To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problems installing maxima 5.30.0-5 on g4 ppc
On 5/19/14, 10:12 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Hello again,
I know this is a pain in the behind, but I get the following output
after
Don't know what changed, but after installing Xquartz 2.7.6, xterm now opens on
startup pinned to upper left corner of desktop and can't be moved. Also, after
opening edit to edit a file under this new X11, cursor changes to an X, the
nedit window is pinned to upper left corner and cannot be
Second sentence should read after opening nedit (not edit).
I cannot even imagine where I would be
today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of
joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun. - Charles R.
Swindoll
From:
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] New Xquartz behaving badly on 10.8.5
On 5/23/14, 8:59 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
Don't know what changed, but after installing Xquartz 2.7.6, xterm now
opens on startup _pinned_ to upper left corner of desktop and can't be
moved. Also, after opening edit to edit
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com; fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] New Xquartz behaving badly on 10.8.5
On 5/23/14, 10:24 AM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
I didn't customize X11 startup (as far as I know, anyway…I actually
wouldn't know how to begin), so I assume I have
I tried installing firefox 8 on my 10.8.5 machine with the results:
8 warnings and 1 error generated.make[8]: *** [nsDateTimeFormatUnix.o] Error
1make[8]: Leaving directory
`/sw/src/fink.build/firefox8-8.0.1-4/mozilla-release/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0/intl/locale/src/unix'make[7]:
***
: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:49:29 -0700
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 29, 2015, at 07:23, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:
This thing is cursed. I used fink to remove, rebuild, and reinstall xinitrc
after
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:51:03 -0700
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 29, 2015, at 07:23, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:Feeling
lost, I went back and listed packages installed by fink, and noticed that I
needed to update a library named
-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 25, 2015, at 11:10, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:Ah so,
yes, of course...fink rebuild or fink reinstall. I am building up the courage
to uninstall XQuartz 2.7.5 and try 2.7.7 again, this time doing the fink
rebuild
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To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:00, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:I have
been problem free for over a year, thank you very much, fink providers. But, I
recently destroyed my less than two-year-old MBP with a glass of kombucha tea
If you are using a .xinitrc file, try getting rid of it.
On Jul 24, 2015, at 3:00 PM, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:
I have been problem free for over a year, thank you very much, fink
providers. But, I recently destroyed my less than two-year-old MBP with a
glass of kombucha
happens.
Thanks, Alexander.Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] XQuartz 2.7.7 on OSX 10.10.4
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:13:59 -0700
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:00, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:I
] XQuartz 2.7.7 on OSX 10.10.4
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:44:56 -0700
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 24, 2015, at 14:34, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:I
shutdown the system, brought it back up, and all things X
, that's the
way it seems to this novice.
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] XQuartz 2.7.7 on OSX 10.10.4
From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:44:56 -0700
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 24, 2015, at 14:34, Mike Wilkes mike.wil
I have been problem free for over a year, thank you very much, fink providers.
But, I recently destroyed my less than two-year-old MBP with a glass of
kombucha tea (the hard drive survived intact), and was forced to trade the
first-born for a new computer. Yosemite (10.10.4) was pre-installed
2015 14:44:56 -0700
CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
On Jul 24, 2015, at 14:34, Mike Wilkes mike.wil...@hotmail.com wrote:I
shutdown the system, brought it back up, and all things X seem to still be
working fine, using 2.7.5 on 10.10...as long as I launch from
I did a fink selfupdate before trying to update my versions of wxmaxima (mac
standalone version to gtk standalone) and a couple of other packages (including
ghostscript). Got the warning about Xcode and Command Line Tools not being
correct versions (I had updated CLT to most recent, but not
wxmaxima-gtk seems to be running just fine, but I find that there is no option
to export to LaTeX (only to html). I never tried to do this with the mac
version, so I don't know if it was an option there, but looking at the
documentation, it seems to have been available on wxmaxima for quite a
I selfupdated fink to version 0.41.0, running OS X 10.10.5 (no upgrades to
either the OS or XQuartz). Tried to update packages texlive-base and texlive,
got following error messages:
Error: `pdftex -ini -jobname=xmltex -progname=xmltex *xmltex.ini' failed
fmtutil: running `pdftex -ini
Thank you, Hanspeter, yes, that was the problem. I updated libpng16-shlibs, and
all seems to be well now. Texlive has installed just fine.
From: Hanspeter Niederstrasser <f...@snaggledworks.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 7:00 PM
To: Mike Wilkes
Continuing the attempt to install Octave 3.8.2-10.
I seem to have found the right "system-java" from Apple's website, thanks to
the tip from Ben Abbott.
The compile of octave-atlas-qtx11 now fails at the attempt to install
transfig-graphicx 3.2.5d-1014, with inconsistent dependencies. It is
2016 4:35 PM
To: Mike Wilkes
Cc: Fink
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Installing Octave, failed dependencies with
Transfig-graphicx
> On Oct 27, 2016, at 13:29, Mike Wilkes <mike.wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> The build asked to install llvm-gcc42 llvm-gcc42-shlibs xmkm
to
install Octave at this point? Or is it time for "apt-get"?
From: Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:36 PM
To: Mike Wilkes
Cc: Fink
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Installing Octave, failed dependencie
I thought everything was good after installing xfig and octave the other day,
but I just tried to look at a .ps file with gv and get the following errors now:
MacBook-Pro:FLUIDS Mike$ gv notes.ps
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown event type : EnterWindow
Warning: ... found
Belay this! My bad, I see that I hadn't updated gv package afterwards. All is
well now. My apologies.
From: Mike Wilkes <mike.wil...@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 7:07 AM
To: Fink
Subject: [Fink-beginners] problem with gv
I thought ever
yesterday, but fink doesn't show fig2dev as an
installed package.
From: Hanspeter Niederstrasser <f...@snaggledworks.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 10:29 PM
To: Alexander Hansen; Mike Wilkes
Cc: Fink
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problem installin
Hi Alexander. I tacked this on as a reply to my earlier problem with the
conflict between xfig and octave, but you may not have seen it. xfig installed
fine after removing octave, but then immediately upon trying to start it I get
Error: Couldn't find per display information
I have
:26 AM
To: Mike Wilkes
Cc: Fink
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] xfig startup error with display
On Nov 18, 2016, at 05:04, Mike Wilkes
<mike.wil...@hotmail.com<mailto:mike.wil...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
After your fix of fig2dev I updated octave, and afterward could now install
xfig witho
nesday, November 16, 2016 11:28 AM
To: Mike Wilkes
Cc: Fink
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] xfig startup error with display
On Nov 16, 2016, at 06:32, Mike Wilkes
<mike.wil...@hotmail.com<mailto:mike.wil...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Alexander. I tacked this on as a reply to
Here is what happens when I try an install of xfig after selfupdating to fink
0.41.1:
MacBook-Pro:~ Mike$ fink install xfig
Information about 10196 packages read in 1 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
xfig
The following additional package will be installed:
iled: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies
MacBook-Pro:~ Mike$
Any help?
From: Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:54 AM
To: Mike Wilkes
Cc: Fink
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Installin
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