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FAQ entry for Fink on wrong architecture.
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the change.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.seg-fault">5.26 I get
errors with <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">gzip</tt> | <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">dpkg-deb</tt>I
applications from the<tt style="white-space: nowrap;"> fileutils
</tt>package! Help!</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.pathsetup-keeps-running">5.27 When I open a Terminal window,
I get a message that "Your
environment seems to be correctly set up for Fink already.", and it
- logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.28 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.29 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.30 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.four-oh-three">5.31 I keep getting 403 errors when I use <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.32 I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.non-admin-installer">5.33 I can't
install Fink via the Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support
symlinks" errors.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6
Compile Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1
A configure script complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
+ logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.28 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.29 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.30 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.four-oh-three">5.31 I keep getting 403 errors when I use <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">apt-get</tt> or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">dselect</tt> or the Fink Commander Binary menu.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.32 I get a message that says "No fonts
found".</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.non-admin-installer">5.33 I can't
install Fink via the Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support
symlinks" errors.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.wrong-arch">5.34 I
can't update Fink, because <q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not
match system (darwin-powerpc).</q>
+</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6 Compile Problems -
General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1 A configure script
complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
What's that?</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.cvs">6.2 When I try a
"fink selfupdate-cvs" I get this message: "cvs:
Command not found."</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.missing-make">6.3 I'm getting an error message involving
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">make</tt>
</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.head">6.4 I'm getting a strange
usage message from the head command. What's
@@ -686,6 +687,11 @@
<div class="question"><p><b>Q5.33: I can't install Fink via the
Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support symlinks"
errors.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This message commonly means that you've
tried to run the Fink installer as user who doesn't have administrative
privileges. Make sure to log in at the login screen as such a user or switch
to such a user in the Finder (i.e. fast user switching) before starting the
Fink installer.</p><p>If you're having trouble even when using an admin
account, then it's likely a problem with the permissions on your top-level
directory. Use Apple's Disk Utility, select the hard drive in question, choose
the <b>First Aid</b> tab, and press <b>Repair Disk Permissions</b>.</p></div>
</a>
+ <a name="usage-fink.wrong-arch">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.34: I can't update Fink, because
<q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match system
(darwin-powerpc).</q>
+</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This error occurs if you use a PowerPC
installer package on an Intel machine. You'll need to flush your Fink
installation, e.g.:</p><pre>sudo rm -rf /sw</pre><p>and then download the disk
image for Intel machines from <a
href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php";>the downloads
page</a>.</p></div>
+ </a>
<h2><a name="comp-general">6 Compile Problems - General</a></h2>
@@ -1047,8 +1053,8 @@
2) Reinstall BSD.pkg (from your main OS install)</p></div>
</a>
<a name="comp-packages.all-others">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q7.7: I'm having issues with a package that
isn't listed here.</b></p></div>
- <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> Since package problems tend to be
transient, we've decided to put them
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q7.7: I'm having issues with a package that
isn't listed here.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> Since package problems tend to be
transient, we've decided to put them
up on the Fink wiki. Check the <a
href="http://wiki.opendarwin.org/index.php/Fink:Package_issues";> Package issues
page</a>.</p></div>
</a>
<h2><a name="usage-general">8 Package Usage Problems - General</a></h2>
@@ -1471,8 +1477,8 @@
</p></div>
</a>
<a name="usage-packages.yelp">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q9.15: I can't get the help to work for any
GNOME application.</b></p></div>
- <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> You need to install the <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">yelp</tt> package. This package was not placed
within the GNOME bundle because it uses cryptography, and it was decided not to
place all of GNOME in the crypto tree just to use the help system.</p></div>
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q9.15: I can't get the help to work for any
GNOME application.</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> You need to install the <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">yelp</tt> package. This package was not placed
within the GNOME bundle because it uses cryptography, and it was decided not to
place all of GNOME in the crypto tree just to use the help system.</p></div>
</a>
<hr><h2>Copyright Notice</h2><p>Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer,
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 The Fink Project.
@@ -1480,4 +1486,4 @@
provided the document and this copyright notice remain complete and
unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr>
-<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.70 2006/06/16 00:30:15 alexkhansen
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
+<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.71 2006/06/21 00:46:32 alexkhansen
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
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