Oh, boy, here we go again on the *nix merry-go-round. Here's how it
usually goes:
1. Clueless newbie posts plaintive call for help on list frequented
by *nix gurus.
2. One of said gurus posts somewhat condescending reply along the
lines of "All you have to do, stupid, is @^$([EMAIL PROTECTED]@*)!"
3. Not wanting to seem a complete idiot, newbie spends considerable
time trying to decode "helpful" reply.
4. Newbie finally THINKS he has figured out what guru meant, and
changes something on system.
5. Change to system causes even worse problems.
6. Go to step 1.
(After several iterations, newbie gives up and reformats disk and
reinstalls everything.)
Anybody out there who can relate?
Somebody please take pity on me and tell me where to find the
"symbolic link for /sw", and how to change it.
On Dec 28, 2006, at 8:04 AM, fink-beginners-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rob Lewis wrote:
OK, I learned that
fink selfupdate
wouldn't work because I had a space in the volume name where fink was
installed.
Removed the space.
Now when I try the command, I get
"fink: command not found"
I presume this has something to do with the PATH variable, but I'm
damned if I know how to fix it.
Or am I hosed and have to reinstall the whole shebang?
If you just changed the name of your volume without updating where
your
symbolic link for /sw actually points, then the system is looking
in the
wrong place for your Fink executables. Fix that and you should be
good
to go.
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