Re: [Fink-users] Can I use fink with the package database down?

2007-11-30 Thread Graham Reitz
Thanks David, I must be doing something wrong. I just installed fink on Leopard and I brought dselect up and I can't find mysql in the [S]elect list. I would like to install mysql from source. I am only interested in the mysqclient libraries and header files. Any help would be greatly

Re: [Fink-users] Can I use fink with the package database down?

2007-11-30 Thread David Reiser
Fink is usable, it's just the database (separate from the repositories themselves) that's down. On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Graham Reitz wrote: Hi folks, I noticed that the fink package database is down. Does that mean that it's not usable until it's back up? thanks, graham --

Re: [Fink-users] Can I use fink with the package database down?

2007-11-30 Thread Graham Reitz
I think I understand. dselect only shows the binary packages, right? I need to use fink to install from source, correct? thanks, graham On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:05 PM, Graham Reitz wrote: Thanks David, I must be doing something wrong. I just installed fink on Leopard and I brought

Re: [Fink-users] Can I use fink with the package database down?

2007-11-30 Thread Richard E. Miles
Thats correct. Do fink selfupdate then fink instsll psckage name On Nov 30, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Graham Reitz wrote: I think I understand. dselect only shows the binary packages, right? I need to use fink to install from source, correct? thanks, graham On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:05 PM, Graham

[Fink-users] Can I use fink with the package database down?

2007-11-30 Thread Graham Reitz
Hi folks, I noticed that the fink package database is down. Does that mean that it's not usable until it's back up? thanks, graham - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell.