(hmm, i apparantly unsubscribed when I first sent this. Resending after resubscribing, apologies to the list admin)
So I'm getting the "cannot install fink on this volume" because cause it can't do the symlink tests. I've run the disk repair utility twice, looked @ the FAQ entry here: http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#non-admin-installer Originally "ls -ld /" reported: drwxr-xr-x 32 root wheel 1156 Nov 5 17:41 / and after running sud chmod 1775 / i got: drwxrwxr-t 32 root wheel 1156 Nov 5 17:41 / but the install didn't work with either permission set (and did reboots just in case that would help; it didn't). And as far as I can tell I'm an admin user (Looking under System Prefences->Accounts its reporting the user I log in as "Admin") Now before I follow the advice here to hack the installer: http://nathanmanzi.com/?p=24 is there anything else I should try? This is a completely new install (well, a reimage; company laptop) and hasn't had fink in there before. Also, I'm perfectly fine w/ a source-only install (want gnucash anyways, which isn't in the binary packages), but the only source download is for a really old fink; the instructions here http://www.finkproject.org/doc/bundled/install-first.php mention a fink-0.9.0-full.tar.gz which I found here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17203&package_id=28928 but wasn't sure if i should use that or not). /hubert ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
