[Remind-Fans] remind install issue on os x (10.4.6)

[Joachim Schulz]

Hi,
I'm new to unix. It's a recent infatuation and might become a  
religious thing... :-)
Anyway, last weekend I installed a number of apps (fink, lynx, links,  
mutt - just playing around), and these work fine, mostly - but I'm  
having trouble with remind. I downloaded the package  
(remind-03.00.24.tar.gz) at Roaring Penguin, and it seemed to install  
ok with the usual ./configure, make, sudo make install commands. see  
below

 >>
cd src; make install
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin || true
for prog in remind rem2ps ./../scripts/kall ./../scripts/rem ./../ 
scripts/tkremind ./../scripts/cm2rem.tcl ; do \
         /usr/bin/install -c $prog /usr/local/bin || exit 1; \
done
strip /usr/local/bin/remind || true
strip /usr/local/bin/rem2ps || true
mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1 || true
for man in ./../man/kall.1 ./../man/rem.1 ./../man/rem2ps.1 ./../man/ 
remind.1 ./../man/tkremind.1 ./../man/cm2rem.1 ; do  \
         /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $man /usr/local/man/man1 || exit  
1; \
done
<<

The problem is that the install seems to be dead. The files are all  
where they're supposed to be, but they don't do anything. "man  
remind" finds nothing. I created a .reminders file in ~ Users/ 
myusername and dropped a couple of REM lines in there, following  
examples from linuxjournal.com/article/3529. the lines are there, I  
can read and edit with text edit, but nothing happens.

Out of desperation I tried Rifkin's (voit-rifkin.com/software/remind  
(Remind 3.00.24 (160KB) [src]) package, with the same result. I read  
through much of wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Remind_FAQ but couldn't  
find anything to help with my install issue (or my ignorance).

I'm baffled. I'm sure I'm overlooking something ridiculously simple.  
I'd appreciate any helpful pointers,
thanks,
Joachim





cd src; make install
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin || true
for prog in remind rem2ps ./../scripts/kall ./../scripts/rem ./../ 
scripts/tkremind ./../scripts/cm2rem.tcl ; do \
         /usr/bin/install -c $prog /usr/local/bin || exit 1; \
done
strip /usr/local/bin/remind || true
strip /usr/local/bin/rem2ps || true
mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1 || true
for man in ./../man/kall.1 ./../man/rem.1 ./../man/rem2ps.1 ./../man/ 
remind.1 ./../man/tkremind.1 ./../man/cm2rem.1 ; do  \
         /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $man /usr/local/man/man1 || exit  
1; \
done