fink will not install on leopard

Hi all,

after searching the FAQ, wiki and other places, I still do
ont get why  
fink will not install on my brand-new macbook pro. I
downloaded the  
fink-0.8.1-intel-installer and started the installer
dmg-file. After  
the license acceptance, i get the error message that fink
can not be  
installed because it needs OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or newer.

As I said before, the system is brand-new, I did not mess
around with  
anything. I only installed some other applications before.
Additionally, I downloaded the X11-2.2.1.pkg from Xquartz
which did  
not help.

However, I wondered whether the problem could be due to a
general  
error on the system as i got an error message installing
openoffice  
saying it could not provide a package acknowledgement or sth
like this  
(OO is still functional, though).
I also do not have a /usr/local directory existing.

Since I have no experience with Mac OS at all so far, I do
not know  
how to resolve this issue.
I have not tried yet to compile from source, anyhow, I think
the error  
message from fink is either misleading (because i obviously
HAVE OS X  
10.5.2) or pointing to a general problem which I am not
capable to  
detect.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards

Marco

P.S.: Have I missed a beginner's intro in the wiki that
deals with  
issues like that or is it not existing?

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On May 5, 2008, at 5:32 AM, Marco Moebus wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> after searching the FAQ, wiki and other places, I still
do ont get why
> fink will not install on my brand-new macbook pro. I
downloaded the
> fink-0.8.1-intel-installer and started the installer
dmg-file. After
> the license acceptance, i get the error message that
fink can not be
> installed because it needs OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or newer.

The Fink download page includes the not below.

"Important Note for Leopard Users: There is not
currently a binary  
release for you. Please go to the source release
page."

Which links to http:
//www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php

Ben


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Hi Ben & Javier,

thanks for your hint, i have overlooked that apparently.
Still, the  
error message in the binary is misleading as it says that
10.4 or  
newer is required (at least in the german version). As it
appears from  
the check script I found in the mean time, it does only
check for 10.4  
and should give an accordant message, IMHO.

Thanks for your help.

Marco

Am 05.05.2008 um 12:58 schrieb Ben Abbott:

> On May 5, 2008, at 5:32 AM, Marco Moebus wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> after searching the FAQ, wiki and other places, I
still do ont get  
>> why
>> fink will not install on my brand-new macbook pro.
I downloaded the
>> fink-0.8.1-intel-installer and started the
installer dmg-file. After
>> the license acceptance, i get the error message
that fink can not be
>> installed because it needs OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or
newer.
>
> The Fink download page includes the not below.
>
> "Important Note for Leopard Users: There is not
currently a binary  
> release for you. Please go to the source release
page."
>
> Which links to http:
//www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php
>
> Ben
>


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