On Nov 10, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > On Nov 10, 2008, at 10:40 AM, David wrote: > >> >> Dear Fink Beginners, >> >> I have been trying unsuccessfully to install the General User >> Documentation for >> Gnome, gnome-user-docs, with the following results:- >> >> Install twice failed with the answer detailed below:- >> >> fink-0.28.5-11 installed. Mac System OS X 10.3.9 Panther installed. >> >> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-gdbm3-1.8.3-2 >> (Reading database ... 7656 files and directories currently >> installed.) >> Removing fink-buildlock-gdbm3-1.8.3-2 ... >> Failed: directory y/gdbm3-1.8.3-2/gdbm-1.8.3 doesn't exist, check the >> package description. >> >> The Y Directory detailed above would appear to be located in my >> Home folder >> whereas sw is located on my Hard Disc. As the two items listed in >> the Failure >> appeared my Home folder I have transferred them, >> (gdbm3-1.8.3-2/gdbm-1.8.3), to the Y Folder which is contained on >> my Hard >> Disk. >> >> I then ran the install procedure again only to find that the >> process once again >> failed. >> >> As I am a novice could anyone kindly advice me what I am doing wrong? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> David. >> > > Your problem has absolutely nothing to do with gnome-user-docs., but > it also doesn't really have anything to do with gdbm, either. > > Very likely what happened is that you entered "y" at a configuration > prompt when asked where you wanted the build directory, and this > overrode the default value. Fink doesn't like it when you set its > build directory to "y" for some reason. > > Run "fink configure" again and when you get to the line where you > are asked > > Which directory should Fink use to build packages? (If you don't > know what this > means, it is safe to leave it at its default.) [] > > Put in > > /sw/src > > at that point, (you would have used "/sw/src/fink.build" for Tiger > or Leopard) and then continue through the configure process (you can > probably accept all of the defaults there). If you stop the > configuration process for any reason the file that controls fink > won't be updated and you'll therefore have to go back. > > Then go ahead and get rid of both of those "y" directories.
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