Re: fink [commander], xemacs, system-xfree86
Re: fink [commander], xemacs, system-xfree86
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:56:36AM -0700, Markian Hlynka wrote:
>
> Thus, my new questions here are: How do I determine if system-xfree86
> is really installed?
Simplest way on the command line is to use the lowest level tool of all
in the package management suite.
dpkg -l
will list all of the currently installed packages. dpkg has a scary
number of options, but some of them are particularly useful:
dpkg -S
is particularly useful - you give it a filename and it tells you which
package contains that file.
> Tim points out that debian would be expecting it to be in /usr/sbin on
> Debian systems.
I only mentioned that because that's why the error message says what it
says. The fink maintainers should probably patch it to mention the
standard fink path.
> I hear what you're saying about using graphical package manager, Tim,
> but I was under the impression that Commander worked rather well...
> Again, don't others use it??
My boss abandoned it fairly quickly - but that's because we also have
Debian systems in the office, so it's sensible to use a common user
interface.
> So, I guess my final questions are:
>
> -How do I find out what's installed?
dpkg -l
> -Does the setup I've described look correct; especially did I create
> root's .cshrc in the correct place? where is the system default cshrc?
There's a system default in /etc/csh.cshrc
Remember that your .cshrc is not read if the shell is a login shell.
You will also need to add the source line to your .login file, unless
your .login sources .cshrc
> -Can someone please point me to a way to make fink commander work? If
> my problem is with Commander, I guess I'm trying to figure out who to
> email to resolve this.
I haven't actually tried Fink Commander, so I can't really help with
that bit!
This is well off-topic for X11 now - perhaps this should be taken to a
fink mailing list (assuming there is one...)
Tim
--
Dr Tim Cutts
Informatics Systems Group
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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