Re: [Fink-users] installing emacs-20.7-5

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Costabel
George Madrid wrote: > > Are these errors normal while installing emacs-20.7-5? > > install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/sw/src/root- > emacs-20.7-5/sw/share/info/dir' > usage: install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn] > [--section regexp title] [--infodir=x

Re: [Fink-users] Problem Installing teTeX

2002-02-19 Thread segment289
On Sunday, February 17, 2002, at 10:21 , David R. Morrison wrote: > Fink downloads the source for the various teTeX-related packages from > various CTAN mirror sites (which it chooses automatically). It sounds > to me like the CTAN mirror site which was used in downloading the > source file for

[Fink-users] installing emacs-20.7-5

2002-02-19 Thread George Madrid
Are these errors normal while installing emacs-20.7-5? install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/sw/src/root- emacs-20.7-5/sw/share/info/dir' usage: install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn] [--section regexp title] [--infodir=xxx] [--align=nnn] [--c

Re:[Fink-users] Multiple workspaces

2002-02-19 Thread Tim Quinlan
OK, I guess I should have read the description first. But I was just so taken in by the pretty pictures :) I see that you're using a and Aqua theme for Gnome. But question #2 still stands. Thanks again. On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Tim Quinlan wrote: > > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wro

Re:[Fink-users] Multiple workspaces

2002-02-19 Thread Tim Quinlan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. > > I have 4 workspaces in XWindows and can select them with just a mouse click. > > Willy Traver .. Cool, thanks for the info. A few follow ups: When you switch workspaces, does the OS X desktop (and any Aqua apps) just kinda follow yo

Re: [Fink-users] Installs still fail

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Rich Gronostajski wrote: > Selfupdate doesn't help. Always updates but doesn't change anything. Every new > install fails with the same message because tar doesn't create correct files. I am pretty much out of ideas. I could imagine a problem with permissions (not really..)cor a weird version

[Fink-users] Multiple workspaces

2002-02-19 Thread Tim Quinlan
Hello All, I'm new to this list, I'm not a Fink user yet. I've been interested in getting a new Mac with OS X but as a Debian user, I've always had the excuse of not having apt to keep thigs upto date. Then I found out about Fink and my interest in OS X is back in a big way. There are a few q

[Fink-users] Installs still fail

2002-02-19 Thread Rich Gronostajski
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Message: 11 > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 15:26:04 +0100 > From: Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Chezmoi > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] All installs failing! > > Rich Gronostajski wrote: > [] > > typical error

Re: [Fink-users] Re: In Octave, How to save Acquterm graphs to EPS?

2002-02-19 Thread rincho kuma
Thanks Per, I got the CVS source and built the new version of AcquTerm and it works like a charm. >From: Per Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Unfortunately, the PDF/EPS selection feature didn't make it into release >0.2.1 but you can actually use Edit -> Copy the get the EPS source, >paste it int

Re: [Fink-users] Windowmaker install failed

2002-02-19 Thread Justin C . Walker
On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 11:07 PM, Charlie Allom wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:42:00PM -0800, Justin C. Walker wrote: > >>> windowmaker-0.80.0-1/sw/share/doc/windowmaker >>> bad command-line parameter -d >>> Usage: install >>> Where switches are: >>>-s --quiet make silent b

[Fink-users] /usr/bin/install (was Re: Windowmaker install failed)

2002-02-19 Thread David R. Morrison
There is another possibility, of course: instead of telling users to avoid "." in the path, we could use "/usr/bin/install" instead of "install" in the fink scripts. Justin's problem arose from fink itself trying to install the %i directory, rather than from an install command in an InstallScript

[Fink-users] Fink is mentioned in recent Apple propaganda article

2002-02-19 Thread Neal A. Crocker
I don't if anyone else has mentioned this (I get the digest version of the list) but fink is mentioned in one of Apple "Hot News" propaganda articles ("Consolidated Power" at http://www.apple.com/hotnews/). You can also go directly to the article: http://www.apple.com/education/hed/macsina

Re: [Fink-users] Re: Can't install algae.. (Neal A. Crocker)

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Matthias Neeracher wrote: > I'm the algae maintainer. I tried to make the package work with atlas, > but not very successfully. I suppose I should try harder. While you're at it, could you look at including readline support, too? Command-line editing is nice to have. It only needs some configure

Re: [Fink-users] All installs failing!

2002-02-19 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
Can you do a 'fink selfupdate'? On 2/19/02 12:12 AM, "Rich Gronostajski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > For some reason, after a recent reinstall of fink (bootstrap) I can no longer > update or install any new packages. Every install I do has the same error, a > failure of tar to correct

Re: [Fink-users] All installs failing!

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Rich Gronostajski wrote: [] > typical error message: > > [gronos:/Users/richardg] root# fink install dillo > Reading package info... > No package name in /sw/fink/dists/local/bootstrap/finkinfo/apt-0.5.4-1.info > No package name in /sw/fink/dists/local/bootstrap/finkinfo/base-files-1.5-1.info [et

Re: [Fink-users] Moving from Bundled to Subdivided Packages

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Steve Wall wrote: > > Over in the unstable branch many packages are moving from large inclusive > bundles to subdivided packages. One example being teTeX. I get the > impression > that the subdivided packages are going to be maintained but the bundles > might not. > So, what is the correct way

[Fink-users] Moving from Bundled to Subdivided Packages

2002-02-19 Thread Steve Wall
Over in the unstable branch many packages are moving from large inclusive bundles to subdivided packages. One example being teTeX. I get the impression that the subdivided packages are going to be maintained but the bundles might not. So, what is the correct way to remove a bundled package and

Re: [Fink-users] Windowmaker install failed

2002-02-19 Thread Max Horn
At 12:10 Uhr +0100 19.02.2002, Martin Costabel wrote: [...] >When you do 'su -', you get root's environment variables, and in a sane >installation, root does not have "." in his PATH. The reason why Justin >had this problem is that he has "." in his PATH before /usr/bin, which >is a bad idea in

Re: [Fink-users] Windowmaker install failed

2002-02-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Charlie Allom wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:42:00PM -0800, Justin C. Walker wrote: > > > >windowmaker-0.80.0-1/sw/share/doc/windowmaker > > >bad command-line parameter -d > > >Usage: install > > >Where switches are: > > >-s --quiet make silent build > > >-h --help show th

Re: [Fink-users] Windowmaker install failed

2002-02-19 Thread David R. Morrison
Justin C. Walker wrote: > I got this at the end of the operation: > > > (cd /sw/src/root-windowmaker-0.80.0-1/sw/share/man/sk/man1 ; for i in > > geticonset getstyle seticons setstyle wdwrite wmaker wmsetbg wsetfont > > wxcopy wxpaste ; do mv $i.1x $i.1 ; done ) > > install -d