Update of /cvsroot/fink/scripts/installer/dmg/faq In directory sc8-pr-cvs17.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv18048/scripts/installer/dmg/faq
Modified Files: faq.en.html Log Message: Update FAQ Index: faq.en.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/scripts/installer/dmg/faq/faq.en.html,v retrieving revision 1.88 retrieving revision 1.89 diff -u -d -r1.88 -r1.89 --- faq.en.html 30 Jul 2008 14:39:29 -0000 1.88 +++ faq.en.html 1 Sep 2008 00:58:03 -0000 1.89 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <!-- -Generated from $Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.86 2008/07/30 14:38:31 alexkhansen Exp $ +Generated from $Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.87 2008/09/01 00:48:33 alexkhansen Exp $ --> <title>Fink Documentation - The Fink F.A.Q.</title></head><body> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0"> @@ -680,7 +680,9 @@ </a> <a name="usage-fink.non-admin-installer"> <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 (from the Utilities sub-folder in your Applications folder), select the hard drive in question, choose the <b>First Aid</b> tab, and press <b>Repair Disk Permissions</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 (from the Utilities sub-folder in your Applications folder), select the hard drive in question, choose the <b>First Aid</b> tab, and press <b>Repair Disk Permissions</b>. If that doesn't work, then you may need to set your permissions manually via:</p><pre> +sudo chmod 1775 / + </pre></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> @@ -1512,4 +1514,4 @@ 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 1.86 2008/07/30 14:38:31 alexkhansen Exp $</i></p></body></html> +<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.87 2008/09/01 00:48:33 alexkhansen Exp $</i></p></body></html> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-commits mailing list Fink-commits@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.cvs