On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:06 PM, Alexander Hansen < alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The problem isn’t /tmp. > > The problem is actually that you installed Fink in your home directory—it > is really geared to be installed system-wide. You were able to bootstrap, > because that is done as root, but fink uses a reduced-privilege user for > normal builds, and that user can’t cope with the permissions of your home > directory. > > You have a couple of relatively straightforward options (not well tested > in your configuration, however): > > 1) Always use the “--no-build-as-nobody” flag when building packages with > fink. This will force fink to build everything as root. > > 2) Try running “fink configure” and specify an alternate build directory > when you see the prompt: > > Which directory (absolute pathname) should Fink use to build packages? (If > you > don't know what this means, it is safe to leave it at its default.) [] > > For example, try /tmp/fink.build there. > > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > > Okay great -- I'll probably reinstall to a better directory.
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