@paintrain Thanks so much! That did the trick.
On Feb 23, 2:04 pm, paintrain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, I got into the same trouble when upgrading my MacBook Pro to
> leopard 10.5.6 from latest tiger:
>
> It looks like the problem is in the activation stage of the new
> package:
>
> I tried to install macfuse (old version though) via MacPorts: sudo
> port -v install macfuse
> and got this complaint:
> ---> Activating macfuse @1.7_1
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /Library/
> Frameworks/MacFUSE.framework/Headers already exists and does not
> belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port macfuse
>
> Then I removed the MacFuse.framework directory, tried to complete port
> install again, and now I got a complaint about the odd fusefs symlink
> in /Library/Filesystems/
> ---> Activating macfuse @1.7_1
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: can't create directory "/
> Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs": file already exists
> Warning: the following items did not execute (for macfuse):
> org.macports.activate
>
> Then I removed this symlink, and re-executed the port install , and
> now it worked ok! Hence, my next step was to download and install the
> MacFUSE-2.0.3,2.dmg which now also worked ok, showing up as installed
> in System preferences and everything :-)
>
> So I suppose, if you remove the MacFUSE.framework directory and that
> fusefs.fs symlink you may be able to install the dmg without the
> MacPorts installation, although I haven´t tested this myself.
>
> Hope this helps you guys out...
>
> On Feb 20, 5:14 pm, Steven R <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I am also in the same situation, it appears migration to Leopard
> > resulted in an inability to uninstall MacFUSE via System Preferences
> > or the command line methods described.
> > Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks
>
> > On Feb 5, 3:43 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Amit,
> > > Could it have something to do with me originally having Tiger on this
> > > box, then installing some older versions of MacFusion and ExpanDrive,
> > > then migrating toLeopard, then trying to upgrade to MacFUSE 2?
>
> > > I'm wondering if I should just wipe the disk and and start with a
> > > fresh install of the OS; or is there some easier way to clean the
> > > files from the disk?
>
> > > thanks!
>
> > > On Feb 5, 12:24 pm, Amit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Given that you are onLeopard, there should be nothing pointing to /
> > > > System/Library/Filesystems in an official MacFUSE installation. The
> > > > MacFUSE package also doesn't create a fusefs.fs symlink. This doesn't
> > > > look like a correct/official installation to me.
>
> > > > Amit
>
> > > > On Feb 5, 5:06 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi Amit,
>
> > > > > Sorry about that, I should have given a little more detail. I was
> > > > > trying to uninstall using the instructions in the FAQ and that is
> > > > > when I stumbled onto the strange symlink with a double // in the path.
> > > > > the fusefs symlink lives in /Library/Filesystems/
>
> > > > > Last login: Thu Feb 5 00:00:32 on ttys000
> > > > > minimac:~ rivaryans$ cd /
> > > > > minimac:/ rivaryans$ ls
> > > > > Applications dev
> > > > > Desktop DB etc
> > > > > Desktop DF home
> > > > > Developer mach.sym
> > > > > Library mach_kernel
> > > > > Network mach_kernel.ctfsys
> > > > > System net
> > > > > User Guides And Information private
> > > > > Users sbin
> > > > > Volumes tmp
> > > > > bin usr
> > > > > cores var
> > > > > minimac:/ rivaryans$ ls -es /Library/FileSystems/
> > > > > total 8
> > > > > 8 fusefs.fs
> > > > > minimac:/ rivaryans$ cd /Library/Filesystems
> > > > > minimac:Filesystems rivaryans$ ls -el
> > > > > total 8
> > > > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 38 Dec 30 19:40 fusefs.fs -> /System//
> > > > > Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs
> > > > > minimac:Filesystems rivaryans$
>
> > > > > The /System/Library/Filesystems/ folder looks like this
>
> > > > > minimac:Filesystems rivaryans$ cd /System/Library/Filesystems
> > > > > minimac:Filesystems rivaryans$ ls
> > > > > AppleShare cd9660.fs hfs.fs ntfs.fs ufs.fs
> > > > > URLMount cddafs.fs msdos.fs smbfs.fs
> > > > > webdav.fs
> > > > > afpfs.fs ftp.fs nfs.fs udf.fs zfs.fs
> > > > > minimac:Filesystems rivaryans$
>
> > > > > Any ideas?
>
> > > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > > On Feb 5, 12:18 am, Amit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > In which directory does this symlink exist?
>
> > > > > > See Q 2.3 and 1.2 in the MacFUSE FAQ for information on how to
> > > > > > uninstall broken MacFUSE installations manually.
>
> > > > > > Amit
>
> > > > > > On Feb 4, 9:14 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Here is a follow up. I have tried to run the
> > > > > > > uninstall-macfuse-core.sh
> > > > > > > script on my install and it looks like I have a bad symlink
> > > > > > > generated
> > > > > > > as it won't uninstall fuse.
>
> > > > > > > minimac:filesystems rivaryans$ ls -le
> > > > > > > total 8
> > > > > > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 38 Dec 30 19:40 fusefs.fs -> /System//
> > > > > > > Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs
>
> > > > > > > I'm at a point where I am not able to install any version of
> > > > > > > MacFUSE
> > > > > > > and I can't seem to clean off the old versions.
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 4, 8:27 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > I'm trying to install MacFUSE 2.0.3 from the MacFUSE System
> > > > > > > > Preferences onLeopardrunning on a Mac Mini. I click the Install
> > > > > > > > MacFUSE button and it spins for a while then comes back and says
> > > > > > > > "MacFUSE does not appear to be installed."
>
> > > > > > > > Any ideas how I can fix this?
>
> > > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > > Mike
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