KDE install via Fink

[Dogcow]

I'm trying to install fink via the command line, but it stops part way through where fink tries to download koffice. It asks give up or retry. Giving up stops the entire install process. Retrying makes it fail again...Suggestions?

Specifically, the error is:

curl -f -L -O ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/koffice-1.2/src/koffice-1.2.tar.bz2
curl: (9) Couldn't change to directory pu### execution of curl failed, exit code 9
Downloading the file "koffice-1.2.tar.bz2" failed.

(1) Give up
(2) Retry

How do you want to proceed? [2] b/kde/stable/koffice-1.2/src

TIA,
-Dogcow "moof!"

[at_sym]

There's a newer version of Koffice out, so the link it's trying is dead.

Try running fink selfupdate-cvs, then installing koffice. If that still doesn't work, you should notify the package maintainer. (Type fink describe koffice to get the email address.)

For what it's worth, here's (ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Attic/koffice-1.2/src/koffice-1.2.tar.bz2) the 1.2 version of Koffice. If you are impatient, you could download it and place it inside the /sw/src/ folder, then run fink install koffice again. I don't know if it's a Bad Thing, but I've done it successfully with other packages. May be worth a try.

Good luck!

[Dogcow]

This install is taking forever... next problem:

curl: (22) The requested file was not found
*** malloc[1367]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x730e0; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
### execution of curl failed, exit code 22
Downloading the file "t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz" failed.

(1) Give up
(2) Retry

How do you want to proceed? [2]


Downloading koffice manually fixed last problem- thanks.

-Dogcow "moof!"

[at_sym]

Sorry, can't help you with the malloc error. You'll need a guru like Sao for that.

Based on the first line of the error, it looks like curl is once again not able to find the file. You could try manually downloading t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz from Sourceforge (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download/dists/fink-0.5.1/main/source/graphics/?sort_by=name&sort=desc), but it seems really odd that downloading the files would be causing so much trouble. Have you run fink selfupdate-cvs recently?

[Dogcow]

Yeah, finally got past that one too, now manually downloading tetex because it failed as well (I updated fink yesterday)

There is no binary available for this package, for licensing
reasons.

dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package system-tetex-20010808-10

I'm currently just running Apple's X11. What else will I have to do to get KDE working from >console if I ever finally download and compile all of it...?

-Dogcow "moof!"

[at_sym]

I've never run KDE in console mode, but there's a thread about it here (http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9557&highlight=kde+console).

Good luck!

[sao]

Dogcow wrote:
I'm currently just running Apple's X11. What else will I have to do to get KDE working from >console
Apple's X11 implementation does not support fullscreen at the moment (only supports rootless mode), so you can't start KDE from >console.

To start from >console and "fullscreen" mode you need to install XDarwin.

[sao]

Dogcow wrote:
curl: (22) The requested file was not found
*** malloc[1367]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x730e0; This could be a double free(), or free()
called with the middle of an allocated block;
Try setting environment variable MallocHelp
to see tools to help debug
### execution of curl failed, exit code 22
Downloading the file "t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz" failed.
When you get a situation like this where you can't download a package, maybe you can change your sourceforge mirror (either with "fink configure" or by editing /sw/etc/fink.conf).

[sao]

Dogcow wrote:
There is no binary available for this package, for licensing reasons.
..................
..................
Failed: can't install package system-tetex-20010808-10
The package is not available as a binary. You must compile it from source, for licensing reasons (I think the problem is the tetex-texmf package who has the licensing problem). This makes things a bit awkward when using apt-get or dselect. You will need to install Apple December 2002 Developer Tools first and then run 'fink install packagename'.

Please post the result of:

'fink -V'

[Dogcow]

Fink 0.12.1

[Dogcow]

Current problem:

Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package system-tetex-20010808-10

This is really annoying...

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Ok, let's start again.

Please, post the following info:

'sw_vers'
'gcc -v'

Apple's X11 version?
Which version of KDE did you installed?

The post of your current problem, where it fails to install system-tetex doesn't help. The errors are higher up. Post the last ten lines of the compiling-message.

May I ask, why are you installing system-tetex? Do you have installed manually GW's distribution?

[Dogcow]

sw_vers:
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.2.4
BuildVersion: 6I32

gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.1/specs
Thread model: posix
Apple Computer, Inc. GCC version 1175, based on gcc version 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)

Latest X11, I have NO version of KDE installed. That's the problem. All the problems I've posted are things the installer complains about as I'm trying to install. The current problem is with installing tetex. I'm trying to install KDE. But I haven't even gotten to that yet, I keep having problems with the dependencies Fink's trying to install...

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Thanks for all the info, I get a better picture now. Please, one last info, run and post the result of:

fink list -i xfree86

[Dogcow]

This is all it gave me...

fink list -i xfree86
Reading package info...
Information about 1195 packages read in 9 seconds.

[sao]

Dogcow,

If you have Apple's X11 v0.3 installed and the SDK, and you installed Fink, then before installing any other packages with Fink, you need to install "system-xfree86-4.2-11 or higher". In order that Fink recognize your Apple's X11 installation.

Please to double check run:

fink list system-xfree86



PS: Sorry, I couldn't answer before as I was watching the Brasilian Formula 1 grand Prix.

[Dogcow]

Reading package info...
Information about 1195 packages read in 9 seconds.

system-xfree86 4.2-11 Placeholder package for manually installe...

[sao]

Dogcow,

You don't have system-xfree86 installed.

The procedure is in the X11-Frequently Asked Questions thread at the top of the forum:

62- Fink and Apple's X11 v.03

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8704&pagenumber=4

In short, the way to do it is as follows:

1- Install Apple's X11.
2- Install the SDK.

3- Install Fink and set your environment.
4- Install "system-xfree86-4.2-11 or higher" with Fink.

5- Start installing other Fink packages.

It looks you missed step 4. I recommend you install now Fink's system-xfree86-4.2-11 or higher either from binaries or from source.

Let me know.

[Dogcow]

Okay, I made sure I have all those down now...

Still:

You don't a valid teTeX installation; you were missing
/usr/local/teTeX/lib/libkpathsea.a /usr/local/teTeX/include/kpathsea/tex-file.h /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf

Install the tetex-texmf and tetex-base packages instead,
or install teTeX manually from
http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html
and then retry installing the system-tetex package.

If you are trying to install tetex using dselect or apt-get,
you must install tetex-texmf using the command
fink install tetex-texmf .
There is no binary available for this package, for licensing
reasons.

dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package system-tetex-20010808-10

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

If you have Apple December 2002 Developer Tools installed, then run in terminal.app:

'fink install tetex-texmf'

Once tetex-texmf is installed, you can use apt-get or dselect to install the remainder of the TeX packages.

'sudo apt-get install tetex-base'

When finished, try again to install kde.

Let me know.

[Dogcow]

The fink install worked.

But the second command croaked:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package tetex-base has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list
However the following packages replace it:
tetex-texmf
E: Package tetex-base has no installation candidate

Thanks for all the help, this is really ticking me off.
-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Try to install kde again.

Let me know.

[Dogcow]

dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb
dpkg: regarding .../system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb containing system-tetex:
system-tetex conflicts with tetex-texmf
tetex-texmf (version 2.0.2-1) is installed.
dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing system-tetex
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/system-tetex_20010808-10_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package system-tetex-20010808-10

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Run:

'sudo apt-get update'

and then run:

sudo apt-get install tetex-base'

Let me know.

[Dogcow]

dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/type1inst_0.6.1-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript-fonts_6.0-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript_8.00-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/t1lib1-shlibs_1.3.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-shlibs_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-bin_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-shlibs_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/type1inst_0.6.1-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript-fonts_6.0-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript_8.00-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/t1lib1-shlibs_1.3.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-shlibs_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-bin_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-shlibs_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Grrrr....

[sao]

Dogcow,

You need to 'reinstall dpkg'

'fink reinstall dpkg'

Let me know.

[Dogcow]

Trying apt-get install tetex-base again:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
ghostscript ghostscript-fonts libwww-bin libwww-shlibs t1lib1-shlibs
tetex-shlibs type1inst
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ghostscript ghostscript-fonts libwww-bin libwww-shlibs t1lib1-shlibs
tetex-base tetex-shlibs type1inst
0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/10.1MB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/type1inst_0.6.1-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript-fonts_6.0-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript_8.00-3_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/t1lib1-shlibs_1.3.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-shlibs_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-bin_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-shlibs_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/type1inst_0.6.1-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript-fonts_6.0-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ghostscript_8.00-3_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/t1lib1-shlibs_1.3.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-shlibs_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-bin_5.3.2-4_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-shlibs_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[sao]

Dogcow,

So, you mean after you ran 'fink reinstall dpkg' succesfully, you got that result when trying to install 'tetex-base'?

Please, post the contents of your ~/.cshrc and do you have by chance also a ~/.tcshrc?

[Dogcow]

I don't have a .cshrc but my .tcshrc is:

source /usr/share/tcsh/examples/rc
alias pine /sw/pine4.53/pine/./pine
alias lsc /sw/ls --color
alias dnetc /Applications/Misc./dnetc/./dnetc
setenv TERM xterm-color
alias fink /sw/bin/fink
alias apt-get /sw/bin/apt-get


Yes, I got those after successfully reinstalling said file and trying again to run install tetex-base.

Thanks,
-Dogcow "moof!"

[at_sym]

For what it's worth, I had trouble with fink's teTeX package, too. I ended up just manually installing this version (http://www.tug.org/teTeX/) and using the placeholder teTeX package.

It's the quitter's way, and I'm sure sao will figure this out for you, but it worked for me. I needed KOffice sooner rather than later, so it had to do.

Good luck!

[sao]

Dogcow,

Where do you set fink's path environment?

'source /sw/bin/init.csh'

Also, post the result of:

% printenv PATH

[Dogcow]

source /sw/bin/init.csh printed nothing.

printenv PATH:

/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/Users/dfalling/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin:/Users/dfalling/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin

[sao]

Dogcow,

Usually, they advice to set your fink path in your ~/.cshrc, ~/.tcshrc or ~/.login files by writing at the beginning of the file:

'source /sw/bin/init.csh'

Please read the following info carefully:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/install.php#setup


If you don't source it in your ~/.login file try writing it at the beginning of your ~/.tschrc file

[Dogcow]

K, I added it to my .login and still have the problems...?

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Well, I got advice from the fink-developers and they want you to check:


1-Verify that /sw/bin/dpkg-split is present on the system.


2-Try just installing, say:

'fink install blackbox-rootless'

and see if the same message comes up.


Dogcow wrote:
I added it to my .login and still have the problems...?
You added 'source /sw/bin/init.csh' at the beginning of your ~/.login file?

[Dogcow]

Selecting previously deselected package blackbox-rootless.
(Reading database ... 30276 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking blackbox-rootless (from .../blackbox-rootless_0.65.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Setting up blackbox-rootless (0.65.0-1) ...

I think blackbox installed fine.

I added that line below another in my .login, but I've moved it to the top now...

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

What about dpkg-split:

% which dpkg-split

[Dogcow]

dpkg-split: Command not found

For what it's worth it can't find fink or apt-get either. I have to do /sw/bin/apt-get... The aliases I created in .tcshrc work, but not when I have to run the program with sudo.

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

What a mess...!

If you don't have a ~/.cshrc file, and you are getting in terminal.app "command not found" when you use fink:

1- One thing to do would be to delete your ~/.tcshrc file and write a new one with only:

'source /sw/bin/init.csh'

Save the file and test fink, *after* erasing the same sourcing you previously wrote in your ~/.login file.

If Fink works, then add 'one by one' the previous content of your ~/.tcshrc. And test fink every time after you added something.



2- If the above didn't work, most probable is that you have shell startup scripts in /usr/share/init/tcsh/, and one of them might run *after* 'source /sw/bin/init.csh' and resets your PATH.

In this case, best would be to forget about ~/.cshrc, ~/.tcshrc or ~/.login and put the 'source /sw/bin/csh' line into the file ~/Library/init/tcsh/path:

cd
mkdir -p Library/init/tcsh
echo "source /sw/bin/init.csh" >> Library/init/tcsh/path

This will work if you did not change the default settings. If you changed any of the files /etc/csh.login, /etc/csh.cshrc, or anything inside /usr/share/init/tcsh/, it will not work. Will also not work if if you already created ~/Library/init/tcsh/ in the past and put weird things inside.


BTW, 'which dpkg-split'

should give /sw/bin/dpkg-split

[Dogcow]

Commenting everything out of my .tcshrc and .login files got tetex working, and I compiled KDE all night, but it just failed on koffice...

cc1plus: warning: changing search order for system directory "/sw/include"
cc1plus: warning: as it has already been specified as a non-system directory
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I. -I../../../lib/kofficeui -I../../../lib/kofficeui -I../../../lib/kofficecore -I../../../lib/kofficecore -I../../../lib/store -I../../../lib/store -I../../../lib/kwmf -I../../../lib/kwmf -I./../libexport -I/sw/include -I/sw/include/qt -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/sw/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -no-cpp-precomp -isystem /sw/include -I/sw/include -I/sw/include -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -mcpu=750 -mtune=750 -Os -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DKDE_NO_COMPAT -c libasciiexport_la.all_cc.cc -DPIC
cc1plus: warning: changing search order for system directory "/sw/include"
cc1plus: warning: as it has already been specified as a non-system directory
In file included from ExportDialog.h:28,
from asciiexport.cc:37,
from libasciiexport_la.all_cc.cc:2:
/sw/include/kdialogbase.h:1471: Internal compiler error in pop_binding, at
cp/decl.c:1211
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter> for instructions.
make[4]: *** [libasciiexport_la.all_cc.lo] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
mv -f libasciiimport_la.all_cc.o .libs/libasciiimport_la.all_cc.o
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.10.Lg1vZ3 failed, exit code 2
Failed: compiling koffice-1.2.1-3 failed

Ideas?
-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Unfortunately, I don't know about this one. Best is you post the error together with your system information at the fink-users list and 'cc' the 'KDE' package maintainer (Benjamin Reed <ranger@befunk.com>)

[Dogcow]

:-(

Any recommendations on a window manager? I was hoping for something to use with >console... Kind of like a quasi-dual-boot option...

-Dogcow "moof!"

[sao]

Dogcow,

Apple's X11 is rootless mode only. It doesn't support fullscreen. You can't start it from >console.

[mint]

Similar to other problems of this thread, I can't finish installing KDE throu finkcommander. Problem is libmath++-0.0.3.tar.gz. It stops trying to curl that and after trying several different locations it says "curl: (7) Can't connect to server: 65".
I noticed the surakware.net ftp site have been down, waited a few days and then I tried to change the sourceforge mirror as suggested earlier here by Sao. Doesn't work. Other than hoping surakware gets up again.. what else can I do? Can I skip that lib someway if it's not important?
I tried some google and I get some similar file (called libmath++_0.0.3.orig.tar.gz from some debian site) but I don't know if it's the same file and not sure where to "install it" (configure etc) to let fink see it and keep goin after that .. (just in /sw/lib ? ).
I got Fink 0.12.1, fink commander 0.5.1, december02 devtools. First time tryin to install KDE (actually Bundle-KDE 3.1.1-3).
Thanx in advance.

[sao]

mint,

I will suggest first, you try another mirror, check the file:

/sw/lib/fink/mirror/kde

If it doesn't work, but you find the file, with "exactly" the same name, somewhere else on the web, then download it and 'cp' the file to /sw/src. Then install kde again, and fink will recognize the file.


Edit: Try downloading the file "libmath++-0.0.3.tar.gz" from here:

http://www.unixcode.org/downloads/monopd/

[mint]

thx Sao, it is working.
I tried first advice but another mirror was ending to the same place (surakware) and still down. I got the lib from your link and althou fink find out the checksum was different I tried to use the file aniway and so far all is good. After 4 hours the KDE install is still goin and at about a third of the process.... Just couldn't wait to thank you ;-)

[sao]

mint,

Just in case, I uploaded to my iDisk the original file 'libmath++-0.0.3.tar.gz' that Fink downloaded when I installed KDE:

http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/

click on 'File Sharing -Graphite'

If you have problems afterwards with your KDE installation, you could 'cp' this file to /sw/src and run:

'fink reinstall libmath'

[mint]

Ok, finally I made it. Thx again Sao for the your proposed alternative but there was no need. I had to go throu the tetex problem as Dogcow, but following the hints here it was ok. No problem with Koffice for me. I just wanna report that was incredibly sloooow. Took more than 24 hours!!
Aniway the living proof is I'm writing this in Konqueror :-) .
Thx a bunch again!!

[sao]

Great! :)