Daan Meerburg wrote: > hi, > I tried to do any of the steps on the FAQ. > I dont have /any /of the deb files mentioned below in either > /sw/fink/debs nor in /sw/src/fink-biold (that dir. is empty is that > right:?). Neither do I have the binary package of help2man. If I run > the command sudo apt=get install --reinstall --download-only *help2man* > * > * > *I get command apt=get not found, I wonder if I need to add something > to the command above. Anyway, I am not sure. Any suggestions?* > thanks again > daan /sw/fink/debs contains symbolic links to archives of packages that you've build on your machine. Check in /sw/var/apt/cache/archives , too--that's where they go if you've downloaded them from a binary distribution server.
And you've found a long-undiscovered error on that page. The command should have been |sudo apt-get install --reinstall --download-only help2man| > On Oct 28, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> Daan Meerburg wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> FInk can't self update. I get the following error: >>> >>> I*nformation about 3997 packages read in 0 seconds.* >>> *The following 12 packages will be installed or updated:* >>> * gst-plugins-base-0.10 gst-plugins-base-0.10-dev >>> gst-plugins-base-0.10-shlibs gstreamer-0.10 gstreamer-0.10-dev >>> gstreamer-0.10-shlibs liboil-0.3 liboil-0.3-shlibs libvorbis0* >>> * libvorbis0-shlibs pixman pixman-shlibs* >>> *The following 2 additional packages will be installed:* >>> * flex-devel help2man* >>> *Do you want to continue? [Y/n] * >>> *Setting runtime build-lock...* >>> *dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1 >>> /sw/src/fink.build* >>> *dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1' in >>> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb'.* >>> *Installing build-lock package...* >>> */sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i >>> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb* >>> *(Reading database ... /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing >>> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb >>> (--install):* >>> * files list file for package `app-defaults' is missing final newline* >>> *Errors were encountered while processing:* >>> * >>> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1_2008.10.28-21.40.43_darwin-i386.deb* >>> *Processing was halted because there were too many errors.* >>> *### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1* >>> *Can't set build lock for help2man (1.29-1)* >>> * >>> * >>> *If any of the above dpkg error messages mention conflicting packages >>> or missing dependencies -- for example, telling you that the package >>> fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1 conflicts with* >>> *something else -- fink has probably gotten confused by trying to >>> build many packages at once. Try building just this current package >>> help2man (i.e, "fink build help2man"). When that has* >>> *completed successfully, you could retry whatever you did that led to >>> the present error.* >>> * >>> * >>> *Regardless of the cause of the lock failure, don't worry: you have >>> not wasted compiling time! Packages that had been completely built >>> before this error occurred will not have to be* >>> *recompiled.* >>> * >>> * >>> *See http://wiki.finkproject.org/index.php/Fink:buildlocks for more >>> information. * >>> */sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1 >/dev/null* >>> *dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove >>> fink-buildlock-help2man-1.29-1 which isn't installed.* >>> *Failed: buildlock failure* >>> >>> I had a crash (quite severe) and I needed to apply a disk recovery >>> which may have led to some files being deleted. I do have a backup in >>> time machine, but I am not sure what files to recover. I tried >>> recovering app-defaults dir, but that did not work (i get the exact >>> same error). Any idea, if possible I would want to avoid a complete >>> re-install of fink. >>> kind regards >>> daan >>> >>> >>> >> <snipping extraneous irrelevant quoted message from unrelated thread> >> >>> Drs. P. D. Meerburg >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> API Office F 3.29 >>> ITF Office V.K/J 3.54 >>> University of Amsterdam >>> >>> >>> >> >> Your severe crash appears to have corrupted the "files list file" (i.e. >> the contents file) for the app-defaults package. This is covered in the >> FAQ: >> >> http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#bad-list-file >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > Drs. P. D. Meerburg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > API Office F 3.29 > ITF Office V.K/J 3.54 > University of Amsterdam > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
