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my fink doesn't find fortune
Authored by: andrew_zinn on May 06, '04 10:43:01AM

When I type "sudo apt-get install fortune-mod" this is what I get:
Password: <I enter my password>
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package fortune-mod

A simple "fink install fortune" gives me this:
sudo /sw/bin/fink install fortune
Information about 1116 packages read in 1 seconds.
Failed: no package found for specification 'fortune'!

Is there some parameter I need to change to tell fink where to find this package?

my fink doesn't find fortune
Authored by: maddys_daddy on May 06, '04 12:35:58PM

Try adding the -mod to the end:
sudo /sw/bin/fink install fortune-mod
I use fink commander, and the package is called fortune-mod.

my fink doesn't find fortune
Authored by: andrew_zinn on May 06, '04 12:41:37PM

Thanks. I'm not Unix-proficient, and I thought the -mod was a parameter. I got it now.

my fink doesn't find fortune
Authored by: JaxMyers on May 06, '04 03:56:42PM

what does that mod stand for?

my fink doesn't find fortune
Authored by: malvolio on May 06, '04 03:58:45PM

mod = "Message Of the Day"

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/mal

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