Soowhan-Lahs-Computer:/sw soowhanlah$ ls bin etc fink include lib sbin share src var
(i am not sure what this means. but there is something called fink in there. been a long while since i've used a command-line prompt. i think i am out of my depth here.) thank you - On Oct 3, 2006, at 6:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -------------- 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
