Do I understand correctly that if I do that sudo command, it'll delete the sw directory, which will allow me to do a clean install of 0.8.1, which currently won't work because the installer thinks I need an update instead?
Thanks. On 19 Nov 2007, at 8:52 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > You're enough out of date that it's probably easier for you to mark > what packages you have installed, e.g. via > > fink list -i > installed.txt > > and then do a "sudo rm -rf /sw". At that point you can use the 0.8.1 > binary installer or bootstrap from fink-0.27.8 > (http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php) and then you can > install whatever packages you saved in installed.txt . > > Larry Dietrich wrote: >> Just can't keep up with Apple .... >> >> ... as of tonight, I'm running 10.4.11. >> >> >> So, how far out of date am I, and what do I need to do to get the >> Fink selfupdate to update? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 18 Nov 2007, at 1:22 PM, Larry Dietrich wrote: >> >>> Let me try this again with a "reply all." >>> >>> >>> Did I say "after months of staying away from wrestling to get >>> Gramps loaded"? Perhaps I meant "after years ..." >>> >>> I'm running 10.4.10. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 18 Nov 2007, at 9:15 AM, Martin Costabel wrote: >>> >>>> Larry Dietrich wrote: >>>>> After months of staying away from wrestling to get Gramps >>>>> loaded, I've decided to tackle it again. >>>>> >>>>> But when I update Fink, I get this message: >>>>> >>>>> "Failed: file download failed for fink-0.18.4.tar of package >>>>> fink-0.18.4-1" >>>> 0.18.4-1. Wow. Your Fink installation must be over 3 years old. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Any thoughts about how to get around the failure to load >>>>> fink-0.18.4.tar or to fix things so the download won't fail? >>>> If you tell what version of MacOSX you are running, we can tell >>>> you how far out of date fink version 0.18.4-1 really is. Even >>>> if you are running MacOSX 10.2, this version is too old. >>>> >>>> -- Martin >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHQj3EB8UpO3rKjQ8RAtuPAJ9GGtKqvqheyKsNFE/aSwAkDJMs6ACfUACe > CMPqEYiEUx4uppgf95kJfTg= > =/kih > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
