You have to open a Terminal application (available in your Application/Utilities Folder), and just type sudo rm -rf /sw in the window that appears. It will prompt you for your password, and delete the /sw directory.
Clemence On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:03:48AM -0800, andrew cohen wrote: > 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 -- Ce qui se concoit bien s'exprime clairement. - http://www.crea.polytechnique.fr/personnels/fiches/magnien.htm 01 55 55 86 27 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
