Great, thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, I don't know how to "run sudo rm -rf /sw in a terminal window." Is this covered in any of the documentation? Thanks, Andy
--- "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2005, at 1:03 PM, andrew cohen wrote: > > > Hi, I was in the middle of a successful install on > my > > new OS (Mac 10.3), when the system went down. When > I > > tried to re-install, it sent me a message that it > > couldn't install on this computer because "a root > > directory /sw exists." > > > > My question: Can I un-install, then re-install? > This > > doesn't seem to be an option. Also, I ran > pathsetup, > > and it says my system is set up properly to > download. > > > > Thanks for your help. Z > > > > Sorry, no. Fink's installer isn't that > sophisticated. You need to run > > sudo rm -rf /sw > > in a terminal window, then reinstall it. > > And pathsetup just checks that the appropriate > startup script is set up > to read in the Fink environment. > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Fink Documentarian > Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
