David wrote:
> First I need to admit that I am not all that comfortable with "command 
> line interface", that said, here is my issue.  I downloaded Fink then 
> for reasons that are not important, I uninstalled Fink.  When I attempt 
> to re-install Fink I get the message that it will not install on my 
> drive (the only one I have) because "cannot perform symlink test on this 
> volume because of a permissions problem".  I am then told to run the 
> disk utility and "repair permissions".  I have done this numerous time 
> with no success.  

Anyway, for being absolutely sure about this, please show the output of 
the command

  ls -lad /

If it does not start with "drwxrwxr-t", but rather with "drwxr-xr-x" 
(note the absence of the second "w"), then run

   sudo chmod 1775 /

and try the installer again.

-- 
Martin

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