On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Ann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alexander Hansen wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Ann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm having trouble installing pymol on Fink.
>>>
>>> When i type: "fink install pymol"
>>>
>>> It asks for my password then gives me this message:
>>>
>>> "/sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin is a recursive symbolic link at
>>> /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/File/Find.pm line 551."
>>>
>>> And then I realise that this is also the case when I type in other
>>> commands like "fink list -i". I've earlier managed to install PDB2PQR
>>> using the command "fink install pdb2pqr" and it worked just fine! I've
>>> installed Fink on osx10.5 using the bootstrp method.
>>>
>>> Help! I'm absolutely new to Fink and I've perused the FAQs but can't
>>> find a solution to this problem. What am I doing wrong/have not done
>>> right?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You shouldn't have a  /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin at all.  Can
>> you
>> post the results of
>>
>> "ls -l /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin"
>>
>> and
>>
>> "dpkg -S /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin"
>>
>> ?
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Here're the results of "ls -l /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin"
>
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  3 May 23 22:24
> /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin -> bin
>
> and : dpkg -S /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin
>
> dpkg: /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin not found.
>
> I've attached a screen shot of the directories on finder, wonder if that's
> of any use.
>
> Cheers,
> Ann
>
>
>
>
>
That's indicating to me that none of our packages did this.  Since that's the
case, remove  /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/bin altogether.


-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
akh AT finkproject DOT org
Fink User Liaison and Documenter

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