On Fri, 13 Apr 2012, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 4/13/12 8:28 AM, Viv Kendon wrote: >> I'm getting the following: >> >> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing >> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ipython-py26_0.12-1_darwin-x86%5f64.deb >> (--unpack): >> unable to create >> `./sw/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/extensions/autoreload.py': >> No such file or directory >> >> ...and indeed there isn't an "extensions" dir there on my >> macs. Nor even an "Extensions" (my disks are >> case-sensitive). Should it exist? Or has something else >> gone wrong earlier? >> >> 10.6.8 64 bit almost all up to date. >> >> many thanks, >> -- Viv
> Yeah, you can create that, though you _shouldn't_ have to. > > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > http://finkakh.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/got-job/ A bit more playing around suggests that removing the old ipython before installing the new one sometimes makes the error go away. Depending, I think, on whether the removal was clean, if it leaves any old files behind I think that triggers the problems. Anyway, I know how to fix it now, many thanks. -- Viv ________________________________________________ Dr Viv Kendon http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv tel: +44 113 343 4864 Physics and Astronomy Quantum Information Group University of Leeds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
