Thanks for the fast reply. Is it normal if I get the output *sh-3.2# /sw/etc/apt/sources.list*
*sh: /sw/etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied* after the first step? On 28 March 2014 22:58, Alexander Hansen <[email protected]>wrote: > On 3/28/14, 2:29 PM, alberto benedetti wrote: > >> Dear all, >> I tried to install octave on my mac os x 10.9.2 without success. >> I attache the output I got on my terminal since the installation of fink >> itself. >> My question is: if octave has not been installed successfully, do you >> think fink has installed junk files here and there anyway? >> >> Best regards, >> Alberto Benedetti >> >> >> >> >> > 1) We prefer the name of the package that actually failed to be the > subject. The fact that you wanted octave doesn't matter. > 2) We prefer inline text to attachments to make the message threads more > coherent. When people use attachments our volunteers have to paste the > text back. > 3) There normally is no need to include build output from packages other > than the one that failed. Our volunteer staff doesn't like to have to dig > through a bunch of irrelevant text. > > The relevant information is: > > Package manager version: 0.36.3.1 > Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Fri Mar 28 00:09:16 2014, 10.9, > x86_64 > Trees: local/main stable/main > Xcode.app: 5.1 > Xcode command-line tools: 5.1.0.0.1.1393561416 > Max. Fink build jobs: 4 > > cat alist.doc arbiters.doc async.doc backtrace.doc boolean.doc chars.doc > continuations.doc debug.doc deprecation.doc deprecated.doc discouraged.doc > dynl.doc dynwind.doc environments.doc eq.doc error.doc eval.doc evalext.doc > extensions.doc feature.doc fluids.doc fports.doc futures.doc gc.doc > goops.doc gsubr.doc gc-mark.doc gc-segment.doc gc-malloc.doc gc-card.doc > guardians.doc hash.doc hashtab.doc hooks.doc i18n.doc init.doc ioext.doc > keywords.doc lang.doc list.doc load.doc macros.doc mallocs.doc modules.doc > numbers.doc objects.doc objprop.doc options.doc pairs.doc ports.doc > print.doc procprop.doc procs.doc properties.doc random.doc rdelim.doc > read.doc root.doc rw.doc scmsigs.doc script.doc simpos.doc smob.doc > sort.doc srcprop.doc stackchk.doc stacks.doc stime.doc strings.doc > srfi-4.doc srfi-13.doc srfi-14.doc strorder.doc strports.doc struct.doc > symbols.doc threads.doc throw.doc values.doc variable.doc vectors.doc > version.doc vports.doc weaks.doc ramap.doc unif.doc dynl.doc filesys.doc > posix.doc net_db.doc socket.doc regex-posix.doc | GUILE="/sw/src/fink.build/ > guile18-1.8.8-6/guile-1.8.8/build/pre-inst-guile" > ../../scripts/snarf-check-and-output-texi > > guile-procedures.texi || { rm guile-procedures.texi; false; } > ERROR: Unbound variable: define > > My suggestion when somebody reported this same error on fink-users was the > following: > > I'd recommend using the binary distribution: > > 1) Edit /sw/etc/apt/sources.list as an administrator and add > > deb http://bindist.finkproject.org/10.9 stable main > > to it. > > 2) Run "sudo apt-get update" > > 3) Use "sudo apt-get install octave" > > You may also want to edit your /sw/etc/fink.conf as an administrator and > change "UseBinaryDist: false" to "UseBinaryDist: true". If you do that > then "fink install" will also install prebuilt binaries, provided that the > binary distribution contains the newest version that fink knows about. > > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ >
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