-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Our installer package isn't actually set up to do updates, but just to fail if there is a /sw directory, but yeah, that will let you do a clean install.
Larry Dietrich wrote: > 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: > > You're enough out of date that it's probably easier for you to mark 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 . > <snip> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHQkM9B8UpO3rKjQ8RAr9HAJ0Z8Rf5FJVw1nq3pAaU0HyaGEdJMgCeIiEU ejhMQ0HfsziHYf5F5ap3WOk= =MekI -----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
