On 9/16/06, Thomas Schröder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > I´d like to install gnucash on my Intel iMac, but I can´t choose > `unstable/main unstable/crypto´in FinkCommander: `/n/nERROR: > Self-repair failed. Please be sure you are running FinkCommander from a > directory and disk you are authorized to modify (e.g., not a disk > image)´
^^^^^ and I´m not allowed to write in /sw/etc/fink.conf: > ` Permission denied´. If you're doing this in a terminal, you need to do it as root, e.g. via "sudo pico /sw/etc/fink.conf" I could make `fink selfupdate-cvs´ We recommend that you don't use cvs updating unless you're behind a firewall that won't allow rsync. Rsync updating generally works more reliably. and `fink > update-all´in the Terminal and got more then 5000 packages but got them not > listed in FinkCommander because my password is not accepted although I´m > administrator. Anyone wrote something like one should look in /sw/var/mysql > what there is listed, but I have no `/mysq´l in `/sw/var´. Yeah, it won't be there because you don't have mysql installed--that clearly doesn't apply to your situation. > What´s wrong? > > I should remark, that I´m not only Fink beginner but also in working with > the Terminal. > > Thank you! You didn't mention the item the error message mentioned: Where on your filesystem is the FinkCommander application right now? If it's not in a directory you can modify, it -will not- work. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
