sudo rm -rf /sw should work. You'll be asked for an admin password.
Before you blow it away though, consider this: sudo mv /sw /sw.old just in case there's something in the current /sw that you may need later. On 3/28/03 12:38 PM, "Andrew Ooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to install fink but I have a /sw directory on my osx 10.2 > machine from a prior installation of virex 7.2. > How does one remove the /sw directory ? I have tried > > rmdir /sw > > from terminal but I get the following error message > > rmdir: /sw: Operation not permitted > > > Is there anything I can do to remove the /sw directory ? > -- Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
