[OS X TeX] Fink

Aaron Jackson jackson at negril.msrce.howard.edu
Wed Jun 2 09:17:02 EDT 2004


I have found, for the programs I use, that fink is not necessary, as they 
compile out of the box.  I don't use Octave, but gnuplot just required a:

./configue
make
sudo make install

Plus some of the fink packages are a bit old...

Quoting "Dr.John R.Vokey" <vokey at uleth.ca>:

> All,
> A silly question, no doubt, but messing with Gerben's TeX installation 
> is not something I will tolerate.  So, I want Octave, Gnu-Plot, et al., 
> but I don't want anything about my TeX installation messed with.  How 
> does one use Fink, and not screw-up my all-important Gerben-related TeX 
> stuff?  There seem to be *nix-related path screw-ups that I really 
> don't want to deal with.  My preference is, if my TeX stuff will get 
> hosed (a Candadianism, but transparent, I suspect), I will just not 
> bother, but I would like things fink-wise to be otherwise.
> --
> John R. Vokey, PhD
> Professor
> B.E.R.G. - Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
> Micro-Cognition Laboratory
> Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
> University of Lethbridge
> Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4
> CANADA
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