Re: Fink not recognizing command line tools even after postinstall script

On 4/6/20 7:26 AM, Lebois, Lauren Ann Mcdonough wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This is the output when I check the fink version (fink -V):
> 
> WARNING: could not read /sw/fink/10.14/VERSION: No such file or directory
> Use of uninitialized value $method in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Config.pm line 321.
> Package manager version: 0.39.2
> Distribution version: selfupdate-, 10.14, x86_64
> Trees: local/main stable/main local/injected
> 
> Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer
> Copyright (c) 2001-2015 The Fink Package Manager Team
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> GNU General Public License for more details.
> 
> 
> When I open the Fink Commander and click "about Fink Commander" I get the following:
> 
> FinkCommander
> Version 0.5.5 (0.5.5.release)
> Fink version
> Package manager version: 0.39.2
> Distribution version: selfupdate-, 10.14, x86_64

Alex's hunch was right. That's a really old version of Fink. Download 
the following file:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/files/fink/0.45.1/fink_0.45.1-141_darwin-x86_64.deb/download

Then run the following command:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/downloaded/fink_0.45.1-141_darwin-x86_64.deb

That will update your version of the fink tool to the latest. Then run 
'fink selfupdate' (you don't need to specify -rsync; it'll ask the first 
time then keep using it until told otherwise).

Hanspeter


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