-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5/4/10 3:37 PM, Wu, Eugene wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm attempting to install fink on a new iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 with OS > 10.6.3. I've tried installing via Bill Scott's website instructions and > through the Fink site, both by "bootstrap", but each time I get the same > error: > > dpkg-deb -b root-fink-0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917 > /sw64/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base > dpkg-deb: building package `fink' in > `/sw64/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917_darwin-x86_64.deb'. > /sw64/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -i > /sw64/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917_darwin-x86_64.deb > Selecting previously deselected package fink. > (Reading database ... 60 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking fink (from .../fink_0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... > /sw64/bootstrap/bin/dpkg: error processing > /sw64/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917_darwin-x86_64.deb > (--install): > trying to overwrite `/._.', which is also in package base-files > /sw64/bootstrap/bin/dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /sw64/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/fink_0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917_darwin-x86_64.deb > ### execution of /sw64/bootstrap/bin/dpkg failed, exit code 1 > can't install package fink-0.29.99.cvs-20100504.1917 > > ERROR: Bootstrap phase 2 failed! > > It appears that dpkg is unable to overwrite /._. > > I don't even know what this file is. Anyone have an idea how to get past > this? Thanks in advance. > > Eugene > > > Eugene Wu, Ph.D. > Department of Biology, University of Richmond > A-311, Gottwald Science Center > (804)287-6449 > [email protected] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That's a totally new error to me. See if you get the same thing if you use a release fink (e.g. 0.29.10) rather than using a CVS checkout. My Snow Leopard bootstraps were from fink-0.29.10. - -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvgeMUACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8AfQCfY7KJ4hPpxQlcGN+FZgCLd5dC FbMAn04lbugPJuQuqZ2PJS3qDDBdyGty =rvRK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
