All right, then. Check the Fink Commander Environment tab under Preferences, to make sure that the PATH is the same as what you get from the command-line.
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, cliffstevens wrote: > OK, here is what I get. > > [PowerbookG4:~] cliff% printenv PATH > /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > thanks for any help you can provide. > > by the way this error only happens when I used fink commander. I can > install using "sudo apt-get install ________" which is fine, but I do > like fink commander > > On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 10:29 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > Start by running "printenv PATH" in a terminal window so that you can > > see > > what your PATH actually is. > > > > On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, cliffstevens wrote: > > > >> I cannot install anything with fink. Here's the error message: > >> > >> Reading Package Lists... > >> Building Dependency Tree... > >> The following NEW packages will be installed: > >> 3dpong > >> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not > >> upgraded. > >> Need to get 0B/33.3kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > >> dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. > >> dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. > >> NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and > >> /sbin. > >> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-beginners mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > -- 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
