Use of binaries in Mojave
Luigi Ernesto Zanotti <[email protected]>
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About one week ago I sent the message reported below (concerning my answer to Alexander Hansen's suggestion), but alas again no answer at all; I know I'm possibly annoying, but I'd like to know at least whether is there any chance to solve the issue. L. Z. ------- About one week ago I sent the reply reported below to Alexander Hansen's suggestion. I resend the message in case somebody finds what is wrong (apart the quoted Distribution: 10.14.5 - while mine is 10.14.6) in my ./bootstrap of fink-0.45.3. Best regards, Luigi Zanotti ------- Dear Alexander, I tried your suggestion in my Mojave (10.14.6) installation, with a fresh install of fink 0.45.3, but I get: ++ preamble ++ Checking package... looks good (fink-0.45.3). Checking system... i386-apple-darwin18.7.0 This system is supported and tested. Distribution: 10.14.5 Architecture: x86_64 Checking cc... looks good. Checking make... looks good. Checking head... looks good. Verifying that installed Xcode Command Line Tools version is supported... 11.3.1.0.1.1576735732 is OK Verifying that installed Xcode app version is supported... Found Xcode version: 11.3.1 is OK. ++ later ++ Please choose the path where Fink should be installed. Note that you will normally be able to use a binary distribution only if you choose '/opt/sw' (or '/sw' on systems before 10.15). [/sw] /opt/sw OK, installing into '/opt/sw'. ++ last ++ Fink does not yet support an official set of binary packages for your current distribution. => Setting UseBinaryDist to 'false' ++++ So it seems that it is not working. Have you any other suggestion? Best regards, Luigi Zanotti On 18/05/2021 17:44, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> On May 18, 2021, at 08:19, Luigi Ernesto Zanotti<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One week ago I sent the following message, but alas with no reply. >> I resend it hoping for the best! >> Time ago I remember having read that download of binary packages ha been introduced also for Mojave (10.14.6) in fink (version 0.45.3). I tried to use "fink configure" to change UseBinaryDist from 'false' to 'true' but the answer is still: >> >> Downloading packages from the binary distribution is currently only possible >> if Fink is installed at '/opt/sw'. >> >> => Setting UseBinaryDist to 'false' >> >> My install is in /sw, and is NOT fresh, but the result of an upgrade. >> Maybe I misunderstood the issue; can some of you explain me where I failed? >> >> Thanks and best regards, LZ >> >> -- >> Prof. Luigi Ernesto Zanotti (retired) >> >> Physics Department "G. Occhialini" >> University of Milano Bicocca >> >> Piazza della Scienza 3. 20126 Milano Italy >> E-Mail: >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> List archive: >> https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ >> Subscription management: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > As the message indicates, the default Fink path was changed to /opt/sw for 10.14 and later, and /sw was then treated as a non-default install location without official binaries. This was done to facilitate people being able to upgrade fresh 10.14 installs to 10.15 and later, I believe. > > You’re actually in a fortunate position, because your existing Fink installation still works. You can therefore install a second Fink setup in the new default /opt/sw location with the binary distribution enabled, and use the list of installed packages from your /sw Fink to tell you what to install in the /opt/sw Fink. > > One thing I would suggest is to make sure that you don’t have both Finks enabled at once while switching over: in your .profile (for example) only read in /opt/sw/bin/init.sh, and use e.g. /sw/bin/fink to access your fink in /sw. This will help you avoid having incorrect library paths. > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison -- Prof. Luigi Ernesto Zanotti (retired) Physics Department "G. Occhialini" University of Milano Bicocca Piazza della Scienza 3. 20126 Milano Italy E-Mail:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users