Re: [Fink-beginners] Install geda-gaf-1.6.2 on OSX 10.5.8 G5 PPC?

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

> On 4/8/18 5:54 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:
>> On 4/6/18 12:15 PM, Scott Novak wrote:
>>> Self update Fink Commander results:
>>> 
>>> Fink has the capability to run the CVS commands as a normal user. That has
>>> some advantages - it uses that user's CVS settings files and allows the
>>> package descriptions to be edited and updated without becoming root. Please
>>> specify the user login name that should be used: [root]
>> 
>> Don't use CVS for selfupdate. Sourceforge turned off the CVS servers some time ago. Fink Commander should have a setting to use rsync instead for selfupdate. That method should still work even for a 10.5 install.
>> 
>> Hanspeter
> 


> On Apr 8, 2018, at 05:10, Scott Novak <san...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> I tried using selfupdate-rsync.  However, I received this error message:
> 
> Please note: the command 'fink selfupdate' should be used for routine
> updating; you only need to use 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or 'fink
> selfupdate-rsync' if you are changing your update method.
> 
> Failed: Sorry, fink doesn't support rsync updating in the 10.5 distribution at present.
> 
> 
> 


(was out of town with limited connectivity)

It’s been about 11 years, but I’m recalling that there was a glitch with using rsync on the version of fink that shipped with the 10.5 binary distribution (10.5 was a total nightmare for us).  At this point, the best option to use fink on 10.5 would be to install a more recent fink version that supports that OS version.  You won’t be able to use Fink Commander to do this.

1.  Download an updated fink binary (still not the newest version) from http://bindist.finkproject.org/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0-updates/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/fink_0.27.16-41_darwin-powerpc.deb <http://bindist.finkproject.org/10.5/dists/fink-0.9.0-updates/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/fink_0.27.16-41_darwin-powerpc.deb>
2.  Open a terminal window and change to the directory where you downloaded the file, e.g. “cd ~/Downloads”
3.  Use the following command in the terminal window: “sudo dpkg -i fink_0.27.16-41_darwin-powerpc.deb”

At that point, you should be able to use rsync selfupdates from Fink Commander or the terminal.  

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison