I've edited some of the config files in /sw/etc . Also, I've installed themes for fvwm2, without any problems.
As I see it, there are two possibilities: 1) You are installing new files, but not overwriting anything that's been installed by fink. There should be no problem here, except for the minor issue that the new files will still be around even if you uninstall ocaml. But you can still delete them manually. 2) You are overwriting some of the fink-installed files. This could potentially be troublesome, if there are incompatible libraries installed, or something similar. However, because CamlImages wants to put stuff in a subdirectory, it looks like you are in situation (1), so you shouldn't have any problems. Verify that you aren't overwriting anything that fink installed, however. -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, R. Andrew Hicks wrote: > no i didn't. but i was hoping for a way around the problem without changing sw > in a non-fink manner. that seems like it would work fine, but i have so far had > the policy of not messing with sw manually (i.e. not using fink). do you ever > do this, and is it advisable ? > > > --- Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you try installing as root (i.e. using sudo)? > > > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, R. Andrew Hicks wrote: > > > > > i used fink to install the ocaml language, and it works fine. > > > > > > i'd like to make use of CamlImages, which is an image processing library > > for > > > ocaml available in non-fink form at > > > > > > http://pauillac.inria.fr/camlimages/ > > > > > > when i tried to install it, it wanted to put stuff in /sw/lib/ocaml which > > of > > > course resulted in a lot of errors like > > > > > > cp: /sw/lib/ocaml/camlimages: Permission denied > > > > > > so my question is, is anyone aware of a fix for this specific problem ? > > > (CamlImages does not seem to be on fink.) > > > > > > it would seem like a general problem for languages (among other things) > > > installed with fink - associated libraries that are not yet finkified want > > to > > > be installed in /sw for various reasons. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Andy Hicks > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte > > > are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE > > > Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. > > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Fink-beginners mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
