[mcstas-users] install problem 2.0RC2

[Johan Brinch]

Hi!

It's great that you're trying out the RC! :)
Let me see if I can clear up what's going on.


On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM,  <Jean-Francois.Moulin at hzg.de> wrote:
> mcstas -> /usr/local/bin/mcstas-2.0RC2
> INSTALL: mcstas: /usr/local/bin/mcstas-2.0RC2
> update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/local/bin/mcstas-2.0RC2 because link group mcstas is broken.
> update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/local/man/man1/mcstas.1 with a link.
> update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/local/bin/mcstas-2.0RC2 because link group mcstas is broken.
> update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/local/man/man1/mcstas.1 with a link.
> mcformat -> /usr/local/bin/mcformat-2.0RC2
> INSTALL: mcformat: /usr/local/bin/mcformat-2.0RC2
> update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/local/bin/mcformat-2.0RC2 because link group mcformat is broken.
> update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/local/man/man1/mcformat.1 with a link.
> update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/local/bin/mcformat-2.0RC2 because link group mcformat is broken.
> update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/local/man/man1/mcformat.1 with a link.
>


It seems you already have files in /usr/local/man/man1/mcformat.1 and
/usr/local/man/man1/mcstas.1  ... the new version is trying to replace
these with links but cannot do this (as they already exist as regular
files).

These files could be left-overs from an older version that wasn't
completely uninstalled.


> Tools:
> mcconfig: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcconfig-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcconvert: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcconvert-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcdaemon: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcdaemon-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcdisplay: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcdisplay-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcdoc: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcdoc-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcformatgui: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcformatgui-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcgui: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcgui-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcplot: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcplot-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcresplot: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcresplot-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcrun: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcrun-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> mcstas2vitess: cannot locate binary: /usr/local/bin/mcstas2vitess-2.0RC2
>> skipping: mcstas-tools-2.0RC2 isn't installed?
> Processing triggers for man-db ...


These are merely "warnings" and can be ignored. The install process is
noting, that the listed tools are not installed and will not be
configured (this will happen when they are installed). We are
considering silencing the process as it is more confusing than
informative.

But you can safely ignore the "skipping: ...." warnings.

-- 
Johan Brinch