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<title>Fink Documentation - The Fink F.A.Q.</title></head><body>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0">
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
the change.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.seg-fault">5.25 I get
errors with <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">gzip</tt> | <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">dpkg-deb</tt>I
applications from the<tt style="white-space: nowrap;"> fileutils
</tt>package! Help!</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.pathsetup-keeps-running">5.26 When I open a Terminal window,
I get a message that "Your
environment seems to be correctly set up for Fink already.", and it
- logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.27 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.28 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.29 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.four-oh-three">5.30 I keep getting 403 errors when I use <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.31 I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.non-admin-installer">5.32 I can't
install Fink via the Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support
symlinks" errors.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.wrong-arch">5.33 I can't
update Fink, because <q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match
system (darwin-powerpc).</q>
-</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.sf-cvs-2006">5.34 I haven't been able to do
a cvs selfupdate.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6 Compile
Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1 A
configure script complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
+ logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.27 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.28 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.29 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.30 I
get a message that says "No fonts found".</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.non-admin-installer">5.31 I can't install Fink via the
Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support symlinks"
errors.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.wrong-arch">5.32 I can't update Fink,
because <q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match system
(darwin-powerpc).</q>
+</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.sf-cvs-2006">5.33 I haven't been able to do
a cvs selfupdate.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6 Compile
Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1 A
configure script complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
What's that?</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.cvs">6.2 When I try a
"fink selfupdate-cvs" I get this message: "cvs:
Command not found."</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.missing-make">6.3 I'm getting an error message involving
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">make</tt>
</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.head">6.4 I'm getting a strange
usage message from the head command. What's
@@ -639,32 +639,8 @@
<div class="question"><p><b>Q5.29: I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This error:</p><pre>Failed: Can't move
"/sw/fink" out of the way.</pre><p>is usually due, in spite of what it says, to
permissions errors in one of the temporary directories that get created during
a <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">selfupdate</tt>. Remove these:</p><pre>sudo
rm -rf /sw/fink.tmp /sw/fink.old</pre></div>
</a>
- <a name="usage-fink.four-oh-three">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.30: I keep getting 403 errors when I use
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</b></p></div>
- <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> There have been problems with the
Sourceforge download servers, and therefore we are moving the binary
distribution repository for this very reason.</p><ul>
- <li>If you have the Developer Tools installed then install the
latest version of the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-mirrors</tt>
package (>= 0.24.4.1), and then reinstall <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink</tt>, either via:
-<pre>fink reinstall fink</pre>
-<p>or</p>
-<pre>sudo apt-get install --reinstall fink</pre>
-<p>(if for whatever reason you don't want to use the source distribution).</p>
-</li>
- <li>If you don't have the Developer Tools installed, then you'll
have to set things up manually. Edit your <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">sources.list</tt> file as root, e.g..via
-<pre>sudo pico /sw/etc/apt/sources.list</pre>
-<p>(use your favorite Unix-line-ending-compatible text editor). Change the
lines that start with "Official binary distribution:" thusly:</p>
-<pre># Official binary distribution: download location for packages
-# from the latest release
-deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist 10.3/release main crypto
-
-# Official binary distribution: download location for updated
-# packages built between releases
-deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist 10.3/current main crypto</pre>
-<p>The above of course assumes you're on 10.3. If you're on a different OS
replace <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">10.3</tt> with what your current
distribution is.</p>
-<p>Then save your work and quit the editor. Now update your binary package
list again.</p>
-</li>
- </ul></div>
- </a>
- <a name="usage-fink.fc-cache">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.31: I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</b></p></div>
+ <a name="usage-fink.fc-cache">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.30: I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you see the following (so far only
seen on OS 10.4):</p><pre>No fonts found; this probably means that the
fontconfig
library is not correctly configured. You may need to
edit the fonts.conf configuration file. More information
@@ -672,18 +648,18 @@
page and on http://fontconfig.org.</pre><p>then you can fix it by
running</p><pre>sudo fc-cache</pre></div>
</a>
<a name="usage-fink.non-admin-installer">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.32: I can't install Fink via the
Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support symlinks"
errors.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.31: I can't install Fink via the
Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support symlinks"
errors.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This message commonly means that you've
tried to run the Fink installer as user who doesn't have administrative
privileges. Make sure to log in at the login screen as such a user or switch
to such a user in the Finder (i.e. fast user switching) before starting the
Fink installer.</p><p>If you're having trouble even when using an admin
account, then it's likely a problem with the permissions on your top-level
directory. Use Apple's Disk Utility (from the Utilities sub-folder in your
Applications folder), select the hard drive in question, choose the <b>First
Aid</b> tab, and press <b>Repair Disk Permissions</b>. If that doesn't work,
then you may need to set your permissions manually via:</p><pre>
sudo chmod 1775 /
</pre></div>
</a>
<a name="usage-fink.wrong-arch">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.33: I can't update Fink, because
<q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match system
(darwin-powerpc).</q>
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.32: I can't update Fink, because
<q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match system
(darwin-powerpc).</q>
</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This error occurs if you use a PowerPC
installer package on an Intel machine. You'll need to flush your Fink
installation, e.g.:</p><pre>sudo rm -rf /sw</pre><p>and then download the disk
image for Intel machines from <a
href="http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php";>the downloads
page</a>.</p></div>
</a>
<a name="usage-fink.sf-cvs-2006">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.34: I haven't been able to do a
cvs selfupdate.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.33: I haven't been able to do a
cvs selfupdate.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you get errors that include
lines like:</p><pre>
cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):
2401 failed: Operation timed out
@@ -1502,9 +1478,9 @@
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> You need to install the <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">yelp</tt> package. This package was not placed
within the GNOME bundle because it uses cryptography, and it was decided not to
place all of GNOME in the crypto tree just to use the help system.</p></div>
</a>
<hr><h2>Copyright Notice</h2><p>Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer,
-Copyright (c) 2001-2008 The Fink Project.
+Copyright (c) 2001-2009 The Fink Project.
You may distribute this document in print for private purposes,
provided the document and this copyright notice remain complete and
unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr>
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