On Oct 23, 2008, at 9:23 AM, David Gurney wrote: > Dear Fink Beginners, > > I have had a number of installation failures all with a similar > outcome which is that a Directory does not exist. Two examples > follow:- > > On running Selfupdate-rsync from the FinkCommander it fails with the > failure entry appearing thus at the end of the install dialog:- > > Removing runtime build-lock... > Removing build-lock package... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-cctools-extra-590.18-1 > (Reading database ... 4533 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing fink-buildlock-cctools-extra-590.18-1 ... > Failed: directory y/cctools-extra-590.18-1/cctools-590.18 doesn't > exist, check the package description > > On trying to install wmmoonclock-1.27-1 the same thing happened, viz:- > > Failed: directory y/wmmoonclock-1.27-1/wmMoonClock-1.27/Src doesn't > exist, check the package description > > I note that there two y Folders, one in my Home Folder and the other > one is located on my HD. There is nothing in the y Folder in my Home > Folder. In the y Folder on my Hard Disc one Folder appears which is > xdg.base-0.6-2 and in this there is a Document listed as varfile. > > I am running OS X 10.3.9 Panther in conjunction with fink-0.28.5-11 > > Can anyone kindly tell me what I am doing wrong? > > Kind regards, > > David >
Panther isn't supported anymore, but we can still help with this. It appears that you hit "y<return>" instead of just <return> when the configurator asked you "Which directory should Fink use to build packages?" Run "fink configure" again, and when that question comes up again, enter /sw/src as the build directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
