% sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb I ran the above and then ran: % locate install | grep '/install$' jamesk @ /Users/jamesk@HOME-->locate install | grep '/install$' /Applications/MacOS_security/administration_tools/arusers/install /Applications/MacOS_security/firmware_passwords/secureit1_05/install /sw/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install /Users/jamesk/palm/install /usr/bin/install /usr/local/install /Volumes/BACKUP/Applications_backup/MacOS_security/firmware_passwords/secureit1l /Volumes/BACKUP/jamesk_home/Desktop/arusers/install /Volumes/BACKUP/jamesk_home/palm/install jamesk @ /Users/jamesk@HOME-->
On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 08:44 PM, Chris Devers wrote: > 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. > > > -- > Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apache / mod_perl / http://homepage.mac.com/chdevers/resume/ > > "More war soon. You know how it is." -- mnftiu.cc > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James M. Kelly AIM: macubergeek PGP public key: http://members.wap.org/james.kelly/pubkey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
