Sao;


so at this point do you suggest that I rm -R my /sw directory and start over and reinstall fink from scratch?

I finished installing the xcode pieces, X11, et al.


my path looks like ls: /usr/local/mysql/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:

apaterso,

You can try to run 'fink selfupdate' again to see if updates properly now after you installed Xcode and the X11 SDK.

If it doesn't, and you haven't installed many packages, I would suggest you to delete your fink installation:

sudo rm -rf /sw

and then reinstall Fink by downloading the Fink 0.6.2 Binary Installer from:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php

and follow the instructions on that page.

This time make sure that you already installed "Apple's X11", "Xcode" and the "X11 SDK" before you install Fink.

This is what I've got now and it looks good

apaterso% fink -V
Package manager version: 0.16.2
Distribution version: 0.6.2

Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer
Copyright (c) 2001-2003 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.


now on to the main topic of gaim??

Thanks Sao for your help and hand holding

Let me know what gaim package would you like to install, I am using gaim-0.74-11 from the 10.3 unstable branch.

1- gaim:

In current-10.3 Tree:

stable = 0.68-1
unstable = 0.74-11 unstable

MSN is disabled in this non-SSL version. If you want to use your MSN accounts, install gaim-ssl.

2- gaim-ssl:

In current-10.3 Tree:

stable = not present
unstable = 0.74-11

Well I guess I would like the 0.74-11 version.

What does 10.3 unstable branch mean?


I successfully installed 0.68 mostly just see if I could, damn did that take a long time. However, when I launch X11 and type gaim everything looks right, I get the gui gaim logon screen like is expect. The problem is that my accounts will not log on to either AOL IM or Yahoo.

any clues?

It's called "unstable" because these packages are not yet well-tested, but it also means you get to test the latest version of a package. If you decide to install unstable packages, you would need to enable 'unstable' in your /sw/etc/fink.conf file by adding 'unstable/main' and 'unstable/crypto' to the 'Trees:' line:
And then run:

'fink selfupdate'
'fink index'

Please, check the following info about Gaim Usage:

http://www.alphamonkey.org/gdp/files...0.05/x362.html