On 3/1/14 5:45 AM, Dan Barrie wrote: > I'm attempting to start from scratch with Fink; just too many errors to > deal with, and I didn't do the install all in one sitting, so would be > best to start from scratch and give it my full attention the second time > around. However, I'm getting some errors with the uninstall. I've > searched the archive, but the solutions for these (common) errors > weren't clear to me, so would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance. > > From the terminal (on a MacBook Air OS 10.8.5): > > new-host:src un$ fink remove --recursive daemonic xinitrc > Information about 9010 packages read in 0 seconds. > ERROR: Couldn't call apt-get, which is needed for the recursive option. > Try to install the 'apt' Fink package (with e.g. 'fink install apt'). > Failed: Purge not performed! > > new-host:src un$ fink install apt > Information about 9010 packages read in 1 seconds. > The following package will be installed or updated: > apt > The following 3 additional packages will be installed: > apt-shlibs dpkg tar > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Setting runtime build-lock... > dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-tar-1.26-4 > /sw/src/fink.build > Can't exec "dpkg-deb": No such file or directory > ### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code -1 > Failed: can't create package fink-buildlock-tar-1.26-4 > >
They're not common errors. It's not normally the case that a bootstrap fails before dpkg gets installed, which is presumably why you don't have dpkg-deb. Just remove your /sw directory altogether. The bootstrap operation doesn't really support resuming if there is an error, so that's best time to try to get help. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
