On Aug 29, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Marcelo Barbosa wrote: > Hi! > > I was having problems with fink on my mac so i decided to uninstall it > and re-install to see if i could solve the problem. > To uninstall it i used the command given in the f.a.q.: "sudo rm -rf / > sw". > Then when i was installing it, in the part of selecting the volume to > install it, appears this: > "You cannot install Fink on this volume. Cannot perform symlink test > on this volume because of a permissions problem. Try performing the > "Repair Disk Permissions" function in Disk Utility." > > I ran Repair Disk Permissions and tried to install it again, but the > same thing appears. > > Anyone knows how to solve it? > > Marcelo Barbosa >
If you do the following command in a terminal: sudo chmod 775 / then you should be able to run the installer. If you want, you can set the permissions back via I don't think we have a definitive answer yet to why this sometimes occurs. On my own machines the permissions were the same and one had no problem with Fink's installer, but for the other I had to use the trick. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
