-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Soowhan Lah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > hello > > fink 0.7.2 did not install on my powerbook g4 w/ osx 10.3.9 > > when i tried to run the installer again, i received the following > error message: > > Fink 0.7.2 Installer 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. > > on the readme, it says that fink will not install on a computer that > has GIMP on it - and mine did, up until a while ago, when i uninstalled > GIMP. i may not have uninstalled it completely, however, since a > search for 'gimp' in the finder turns up a bunch of random files. > > any help would be much appreciated. > > soowhan
That was for an old release of MacGIMP. If you're using Gimp.app that's perfectly OK. The error says you have a /sw directory, so check what is in that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
