I think you need to add the unstable repositories. htodd mentioned that has it on his list to write a ‘how to’ but I don’t know when he’s planning on getting to it.
I am trying to do a whole munch of Fink updates right now and it’s taking hours when there is probably a simple command that could have let me find Synfig in the Fink database.
After all of these updates I am not even sure that Synfig will show up in the Fink database.
The first thing I did was update my fink to the newest version which was relatively easy.
Just typed “fink selfupdate”
After updating to Fink 0.9 then I looked at the database of packages again and Synfig was not there.
I tried typing “fink update all” in the terminal and now it’s been going crazy for almost two hours ¬.¬
Also it should be noted that you have to use the BASH shell.
Mac uses the TCSH shell automatically and most of us are not used to BASH
To switch to the BASH shell you just have to type “bash” in the terminal and then all the fink commands will work.
Please email to the maintainer Hisashi T Fujinaka and read and follow all the instructions.
We cannot fix that because we don’t have a mac machine available.
Double posting complaining for the same thing doesn’t help at all.
-G
I think I have figured out that almost any kind of posting here won’t help at all /: )
I found some more info for anyone who might be helped by it
Once you enable the “unstable packages” in finkCommander and then “selfupdatecvs”
be prepared to wait for a decade for all the building and installing.
I think the sheer TIME it takes for fink to do all the download and install work to get synfig running is the biggest stress.
Mac users are not prepared for this kind of hassle. Be prepared to allow fink to run for days on end installing and downloading and building
Once you can see the synfig files on “finkcommander”
be sure to do this before you install them
Thanks, both for perservering, but also for taking the time to document your findings. Hopefully your information will help others from getting frustrated.