jamesk @ /Users/jamesk@HOME-->ls -la /usr/local/install
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel          16 Oct  6  2001 
/usr/local/install -> /usr/bin/install

can't I just do sudo apt-get /sw/bin/install <package name>
jim
> On Mon, 13 May 2002, James Kelly wrote:
>
>> 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-->
>
> You have a /usr/local/install? What is that? Is it a file or a 
> directory?
>
>   ls -la /usr/local/install
>
> What would that line give you? If it's a file, is it executable? If you
> try to execute it, do you get output like what you sent earlier?
>
>>>> 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 ...
>
> Something like this, maybe? If so, then that file is in your $PATH ahead
> of the /usr/bin/install or /sw/bin/install that you need to be using. If
> you don't think you need it, try moving it to /usr/local/install_mystery
> and see if that makes the problem go away.
>
>
> --
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