-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sepand Siassi wrote: > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:24:36 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Trying to install ghostscript, >> permissions denied >> > Sepand Siassi wrote: >>>> I'm following this instruction file: > http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/INSTALL.osx >>>> I'm running leopard, so I installed funk-0.27.8 from source. >>>> Now I'm > trying to go through the 3rd step, installing ghostscript. Here's > what I did and what I got: >>>> sepand-siassis-macbook:~ sepandee$ apt-get install >>>> ghostscript E: Could not open lock file /sw/var/lib/dpkg/lock >>>> - open (13 > Permission denied) >>>> E: Unable to lock the administration directory > (/sw/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? >>>> sepand-siassis-macbook:~ sepandee$ cd / >>>> sepand-siassis-macbook:/ sepandee$ apt-get install >>>> ghostscript E: Could not open lock file /sw/var/lib/dpkg/lock >>>> - open (13 > Permission denied) >>>> E: Unable to lock the administration directory > (/sw/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? >>>> sepand-siassis-macbook:/ sepandee$ >>>> >>>> What did I do wrong? Why were the permissions denied? I >>>> thought > maybe running disk utility would fix it, but it didn't. >>>> Thanks Sep > A) apt-get has to be run as root for package install operations > ("sudo apt-get install ...") B) There are no official Fink > binaries for 10.5, so apt-get isn't going to do anything anyway. > You will need to have Xcode installed and run "fink > selfupdate-rsync", and then install ghostscript from source via > "fink install ghostscript". > >>
> So here's what I did so far to get ghostscript: > sepand-siassis-macbook:~ sepandee$ fink selfupdate-rsync > Please note: the command 'fink selfupdate' should be used for > routine updating; you only need to use 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or > 'fink selfupdate-rsync' if you are changing your update method. > rsync -az -q rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP > /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp I will now run the rsync command to retrieve > the latest package descriptions. rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete > -q --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/' > --include='10.4/stable/main/' > --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/' > --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' > --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*' > --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' > --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/' > --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/' > --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' > --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*' > --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' > --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' > 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/' > /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.4/stable/main' -name CVS -type d -print0 > | xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.4/stable/crypto' > -name CVS -type d -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf Scanning package > description files.......... Information about 2442 packages read in > 1 seconds. No packages to install. > The core packages have been updated. You should now update the > other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. > sepand-siassis-macbook:~ sepandee$ fink update-all Scanning package > description files.......... Information about 2442 packages read in > 0 seconds. No packages to install. sepand-siassis-macbook:~ > sepandee$ fink install ghostscript Information about 2442 packages > read in 1 seconds. Can't resolve dependency "x11" for package > "ghostscript-8.54-3" (no matching packages/versions found) Exiting > with failure. sepand-siassis-macbook:~ sepandee$ > Thanks Help Either install Apple's X11 packages from your install media (X11User.pkg from System/Installation/Packages and X11SDK.pkg from Xcode Tools/Packages) or install ghostscript-nox--which hopefully really doesn't need X11. - -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink User Liaison/Documenter akh AT finkproject DOT org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHTdbxB8UpO3rKjQ8RAnBwAKCS1Ld+72Arti1XQvhuoB5aXcyL4wCeKhUr vaZ661EdPj5MQ/H9QqSVlPU= =iBG2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
