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Questions tagged [fink]
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ctypes doesn't find fink-installed libraries in /sw/lib
ctypes isn't finding libraries installed via fink, which live under /sw/lib/, unless I explicitly give the full path to the libraries
>>> import ctypes
>>> ctypes.CDLL('libgoffice-0.8.dylib')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line…

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Setting up: OS X 10.6.6 + XCode3.2 using python and cocoa
I am trying to set up working environment on
OS X 10.6.6, XCode3.2, fink using python and cocoa frameworks. I scanned few references in the net, however nothing worked for me.
I have python2.6 installed via fink together with a pyobjc-py26. When I…

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python_select with fink-installed python?
How do I use python_select with fink installed python? It won't find it and I don't want to go through the whole process of installing python using macports. I got python_select from macports though. It reports:
Available versions:
current none…

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Set default GCC to Fink-installed GCC 4.5?
I've got GCC 4.2 that came with my installation of Mac OS X 10.6.4, plus GCC 4.5 installed via Fink. I wanted to use gcc_select to change the default compiler to GCC 4.5, but was told gcc_select does not exist.
Is there another way to set the…

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How can I resolve a conflict between Homebrew and MacPorts or Fink?
I was running through an npm tutorial and I needed to install Homebrew. However, after getting one error (cannot install node using available compilers), I ran brew install gcc. Well, that took forever, but it ultimately didn't work because…

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Error installing Fink on Mac Os X ("Argument 10.10 does not match the expected value of...")
I'm trying to install fink on Mac, from source as there is no installer for 10.10. However I get this error when running the bootstrap command :
$ ./bootstrap
Checking package...UNIVERSAL->import is deprecated and will be removed in a future perl…

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Installing poppler with fink on Mac OSX Mountain Lion does not seem to install pdftotext utility
I want to install pdftotext on MacOSX. I much prefer fink to other package installers. I used:
fink install poppler46
thinking pdftotext might be included (as it is when using brew install poppler) but it didn't seem to be. Should pdftotext have…

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Error Installing Rpy2 2.4.2 on Mac OSX with Fink Python 2.7 and 3.4
I am using Mac OSX 10.9.4 with
gcc -v
Configured with: --prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn)
Target:…

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Desperately trying to build open source tools (octave) on a Mac 10.6 Snow Leopard (involves Xcode, gcc, fink)
The ironic thing is that all this used to work on my Mac, but Apple no longer supports 10.5.8, so I was forced to update to Snow Leopard, 10.6. And everything broke (thank you Apple).
On the surface, it seems simple. Build an open source package…

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gfortran/gcc4.8 on Mac OS X 10.8.3
I am having trouble re-installing gfortran on my mac after upgrading to mountain lion.
I have:
Downloaded the latest version of XCode and installed command line tools.
I tried running gfortran but it is not available in gcc4.2 so...
I downloaded…

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Installing Alternative PHP Cache using PECL and Fink
I would like install the Alternative PHP Cache (APC) on my mac.
With PECL this is supposedly a rather painless operation.
All one needs to do is:
sudo pecl install apc
As others have reported on the interwebs, apc depends on pcre, the PHP compatible…

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Fink can't resolve xcode dependency
I just upgraded my xcode to 4.5.2 and ran
xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
but when I try to install pygtk, I get an error:
fink install pygtk2-gtk-py27
Output:
Information about 6815 packages read in 0…

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error installing fink on MacOs 10 "10.13 does not match the expected value"
This question has been asked before with exactly the same error message without any answer so I'm reposting the question...
Currently trying to install fink on my MacBookAir high Sierra, following the instructions…

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your svn client is too old error, how to fix it?
I'm fairly new to svn, and have installed the fink svn client for mac. I have used this for quite soe time, and suddenly it tells me that my client is too old to browse this repository.
In between uses of the fink client, I have also used a GUI…

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How to use fink on macOS 10.14.4 Mojave
My macos is Mojave, 10.14.4, and Xcode has been fully updated. I completed the task this morning. Additionally, after I downloaded Xcode through App Store, a popup announced
Install additional required components? Xcode requires additional…

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