-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 7/29/11 4:14 PM, Constance McDaniel wrote: > Hello, > > I just re-installed my computer and updated the operating system > from Mac OSX 10.5.8 to 10.6.8. I am trying to download fink so that > I can then download the gmt package. I am following the instructions > at > > http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php > > I downloaded fink-0.31.0.tar and unpacked it. When I run the > ./bootstrap command in the fink-0.31.0 directory the terminal window > shows the following error - > > "Fink must be installed and run with superuser (root) privileges. > Fink can automatically try to become root when it's run from a user > account. Since you're currently running this script as a normal user, > the method you choose will also be used immediately for this script. > Available methods: > > (1)Use sudo (2)Use su (3)None, fink must be run as root > > Choose a method: [1] " > > > I thought perhaps this was because I was trying to install this in > my user directory instead of in the root directory so I moved the > .tar file to the / directory and unpacked it there and tried the same > ./bootstrap in the new fink-0.31.0 directory, but I get the same > error. > > Any ideas how to proceed? > > Thanks for any help you can give! > > >
That doesn't look like an error to me. That looks like the normal behavior. Select 1 and go from there. - -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4zN9MACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8mUQCfVFNckrn5hg8mjy0txPx9xOb8 spQAnjtGfavhJdOjy9P8T8xvFeyThZaD =AL3B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
