Re: [Fink-beginners] Problem with gimp install on OSX 10.6

[Alexander H. <ale...@gm...>]

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j. helffrich wrote:
> Hi,
>   I was trying to install gimp, after  reinstalling fink following my
> upgrade from OSX 10.5 to 10.6.  It chugged along for about 45 min, then
> choked on the following stretch:
<snip>

> Selecting previously deselected package gettext-dev.
> dpkg: considering removing libgettext3-dev in favour of gettext-dev ...
> dpkg: yes, will remove libgettext3-dev in favour of gettext-dev.
> (Reading database ... 19100 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking gettext-dev (from .../gettext-dev_0.10.40-125_darwin-i386.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package gettext.
> Unpacking gettext (from .../gettext_0.10.40-125_darwin-i386.deb) ...
> Setting up gettext (0.10.40-125) ...
> 
> Setting up gettext-dev (0.10.40-125) ...
> Setting runtime build-lock...
> dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201
> /sw/src/fink.build
> dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201' in
> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201_2009.10.30-11.02.19_darwin-i386.deb'.
> Installing build-lock package...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201_2009.10.30-11.02.19_darwin-i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package
> fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201.
> (Reading database ... 19103 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201 (from
> .../fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201_2009.10.30-11.02.19_darwin-i386.deb)
> ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201:
>  fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201 depends on libgettext3-dev; however:
>   Package libgettext3-dev is not installed.
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201
> (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  fink-buildlock-intltool40-0.40.6-201
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Can't set build lock for intltool40 (0.40.6-201)
> 
> It looks like it removed libgettext3-dev and replaced it with
> gettext-dev, then choked on not finding something that depended on
> libgettext3-dev.  Should I try reinstalling libgettext3-dev or
> reinstalling gimp from the beginning?  I'm relatively new to the *NIX
> business and the command line, so please spell it out; what I should
> remove and what I should reinstall.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> J.
> 
> 
> 

It's quite possible to have things like this happen in a batch install.
Just keep trying to install gimp.

(I think if you'd gone for gimp2, this might not have happened, because
I don't think the older gettext shows up anywhere in its dependency chain).

- --
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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