Hi,
I need to edit fink.conf in order to access unstable packages. As far as I know I have super-user privileges (I have the password) but how do I
Actually, you don't need the password of the "root" user. If your username has admin privileges, you only need your own password.
begin editing as a super-user? Do I need to somehow logon as a super-user? I should say that I'm new not only to Fink, but to UNIX.
You need to run a text editor with root privileges. From the command line you do this using the command "sudo". The easiest way is to use one of the Unix-style editors like pico, vi, emacs. Thus you would type
sudo pico /sw/etc/fink.conf
If you are afraid of using one of these editors, you can also use TextEdit from the command line
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /sw/etc/fink.conf
Or just run FinkCommander and use its Preferences panel. This allows to do it with your mouse, no keyboard.
-- Martin
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