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Alexander K. Hansen
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
Levitated Dipole Experiment
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219
Cambridge, MA 02139-4213
Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057
On Thu, 16 May 2002, Andrew Ho wrote:
> Many people have posted concerning similar versions of this problem, which
> happens whenever you install any package:
>
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?method=and&format=short&config=fink-users_lists_sourceforge_net&restrict=&exclude=&words=doesn%27t+exist+package+description
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> [rains-01-14h4:~] adho% fink reinstall tar
> sudo /sw/bin/fink reinstall tar
> Password:
> Reading package info...
> Information about 931 packages read in 7 seconds.
> curl -f -L -s -S -O ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.13.19.tar.gz
> mkdir -p /sw/src/tar-1.13.19-1
> tar -xzf /sw/src/tar-1.13.19.tar.gz
> Failed: directory /sw/src/tar-1.13.19-1/tar-1.13.19 doesn't exist, check
> the package description
>
> I have read one suggestion to reinstall fink keeping everything in place.
> How is that done?
Maybe just run the Mac installer (if that's how you installed it) again
without deleting any directories/files?
>
> Another suggestion is here
> >All right- I got fink to work by renaming /sw/bin/gzip to gzip.old and
> >symlinking /sw/bin/gzip to /usr/bin/gzip (gunzip, too). Fink seems to
> work
> >fine now; the only problem is that there is some problem with gzip.
What's the problem with gzip?
>
> A third is here
> >it seems that your download was incomplete or just the
> >file corrupted. I tried it and it works. Fetch the file
> > again by typing "fink fetch gdk-pixbuf"
>
> None of the latter two solve the problem, and the first I don't know how
> to do, though I can be taught. Does anyone else have any suggestions?
>
> I am running OS10.1.4 on a dual450G4, fink 0.4.0, and I was installing
> r-base-atlas with six packages left to go when the problem began. Now
> nothing can be installed.
>
> Thanks!
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