Re: FinkCommander
David Axler <[email protected]>
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I’ve been using FinkCommander with all releases of 10.14, up through the most recent (10.14.6), and had no issues. > On Mar 6, 2020, at 5:57 AM, David Fass <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just because of this thread I opted to try it under 10.14 > and while some things don't seem to update very well > (packages don't seem to update if you update/install them) > But it does seem to work as far as installing stuff > > > > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> >> Sent: Mar 6, 2020 12:17 AM >> To: James Kolata <[email protected]>, [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] FinkCommander >> >> On 3/3/20 4:26 PM, James Kolata wrote: >>> I am transitioning from 10.11.6 to 10.15.3 on a MacBook Pro. Here is the fink version information: >>> >>> Package manager version: 0.45.0 >>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Tue Mar 3 09:53:01 2020, 10.15, x86_64 >>> Trees: local/main stable/main >>> >>> I followed the instructions to transfer my package list to the new system. It >>> ran fine after a few edits to the my_fink_packages.txt file. I can run fink >>> from the command line and have viewed, installed, and tested several packages. >>> My problem is with Fink Commander. I can execute a Selfupdate, but no >>> packages (either installed or uninstalled) appear in the display window. >>> >>> Here is the new Path window: >>> >>> >>> >>> The changes here are to the fink path and the perl path. In my old system, I used perl5.16 but that >>> doesn’t appear on the new computer. I checked these paths and they work. >>> >>> Here is the new environment window: >>> >>> >>> >>> These both look correct to me, so I don’t understand why Fink Commander can’t locate and display my package tree. >>> >>> Jim Kolata >> >> Those paths and settings look right. To be honest, I'm surprised >> FinkCommander even runs on 10.15. The last release was 11 years ago (for >> 10.6) and was a completely independent project. I don't think anyone >> from Fink ever was involved with it and it's been abandoned for over a >> decade. >> >> Your Fink install seems to work fine, but the FC display window might no >> longer work on newer systems (but FC is clearly still communicating >> right if selfupdate through it works). Maybe opening Console.app and >> then trying to run FC might show some diagnostic output? >> >> Hanspeter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-beginners mailing list >> [email protected] >> List archive: >> https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ >> Subscription management: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > List archive: > https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] List archive: https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners