On Mon, 13 May 2002, James Kelly wrote:

> Setting up glib (1.2.10-3) ...
> usage: install [-cps] [-f flags] [-m mode] [-o owner] [-g group] [-l
> linkflags]2
>         install [-cps] [-f flags] [-m mode] [-o owner] [-g group] [-l
> linkflags]y
>         install -pd [-m mode] [-o owner] [-g group] directory ...

Have you added your own copy of the 'install' program? What do you get
when you do a 'which' search? Here's what I get:

  % which install
  /sw/bin/install

You can also do a 'locate' search, provided that the locate database is
current (updating can take several minutes, if you need to do it):

  % sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
  % locate install | grep '/install$'

The latter command could produce a lot of hits, but you should see only
one (or if you have Fink's install program like I do), two hits:

  /sw/bin/install
  /usr/bin/install

If you have anything else, such as /usr/local/bin/install, then chances
are it is a version of the program incompatible with the Debian linux
tools that Fink uses. The GNU-Darwin project provides BSD based tools that
are incompatible with the ones Fink relies on, so if you have a lot of
software from them or another similar source, you'll need to move or
remove the files it put in [normally] /usr/local.

Once that is out of the way, running the 'fink install...' command should
have better luck. Note though that, if 'install' wasn't the only modified
file (i.e. if you have a /usr/local/bin/make) then you may have other bugs
which haven't manifested themselves yet. If you see any weird errors, it
may be necessary to do a "fink rebuild..." on the packages you're trying
to install.

If this is all totally offtrack, let me know. This is the first error like
this I've noticed someone ask about on the Fink lists, but it seems to fit
the profile of the BSD bugs people have been having.


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