Xavier Kreiss wrote:
Hello everyone,
Newcomer here, I'm afraid.
I have downloaded the latest version of Fink I could find (0.8.0 ) and
can't install it. Installation is constantly refused. While running the
installer, I get the message :
"Fink cannot be installed on this computer.
A root directory / sw exists. Please see the Read me file for update
instructions, or for information on installing Fink on a separate volume. "
So: what does this mean? Why is it refusing to install?
Not wishing to waste anyone's time, I looked at FAQs and other help
files, and the Read Me file, without finding an answer. I do not have a
version of the GIMP installed, nor do I have a version of Virex.
As it says in FAQ#5.20 under
"A root directory /sw exists. Please see the Read Me file for update
instructions, or for information on installing Fink on a separate volume.":
You may be getting this error if you've used Fink before, and didn't
delete /sw. If you haven't installed Fink before, the most likely
cause of this is that you installed the Virex program available for
free to .Mac users.
The binary installer is not made for upgrading an existing Fink
installation, but for installing a fresh version of Fink.
It seems simply impossible to install Fink.
Perhaps it's only intended for people who are far more technical-minded
than I am. But I'd heard that it was percisely meant to make things a
little simpler. Up to now it's had the opposite effect.
BTW I'm running OS 10.4.4
Should I just give up and trash Fink, or is there something I can do?
You should indeed trash Fink, although not to to give up, but as a
preparation for the installation of the new Fink.
--
Martin
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