On Nov 10, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Hubert Chao wrote: > (hmm, i apparantly unsubscribed when I first sent this. Resending > after > resubscribing, apologies to the list admin) > > So I'm getting the "cannot install fink on this volume" because > cause it > can't do the symlink tests. I've run the disk repair utility twice, > looked > @ the FAQ entry here: > > http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#non-admin-installer > > Originally "ls -ld /" reported: > > drwxr-xr-x 32 root wheel 1156 Nov 5 17:41 / > > and after running sud chmod 1775 / i got: > > drwxrwxr-t 32 root wheel 1156 Nov 5 17:41 / > > but the install didn't work with either permission set (and did > reboots > just in case that would help; it didn't). And as far as I can tell > I'm an > admin user (Looking under System Prefences->Accounts its reporting the > user I log in as "Admin") >
Run "ls -ld /" and make sure the group is "admin" Then if you run "id", that will show the user and groups for your account--to verify that you are indeed an admin. If your user isn't a member of the "admin" group (assuming the group for / is indeed "admin"), then that could account for what's going on. > Now before I follow the advice here to hack the installer: > > http://nathanmanzi.com/?p=24 > > is there anything else I should try? This is a completely new install > (well, a reimage; company laptop) and hasn't had fink in there before. > Also, I'm perfectly fine w/ a source-only install (want gnucash > anyways, > which isn't in the binary packages), but the only source download is > for a > really old fink; the instructions here > http://www.finkproject.org/doc/bundled/install-first.php > > mention a fink-0.9.0-full.tar.gz which I found here: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17203&package_id=28928 > > but wasn't sure if i should use that or not). > > /hubert > > > fink-0.9.0-full.tar.gz would be the one to use. 0.9.0 is the version of the binary distribution, not of the "fink" tool. Unless you think that a file created in June is really old. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
