-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5/21/10 7:59 PM, john gale wrote: > > Hi all ~ > > I'm trying to install Fink on SnowLeopard, a Mac OS X Server install > currently running 10.6.2. I'm running into an error that I found online but > had no answer to. > > Online I found a reply to this list at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg24837.html > > Although it had no solution. The output of this command referenced on the > webpage is below. > > This should be a first-time installation of Fink onto this machine. Does > anybody have any suggestions? > > thanks for the help, > > ~ john > > > > % /sw/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -L base-files > /._. > /. > /._sw > /sw > /sw/._bin > /sw/bin > /sw/bin/._editor > /sw/bin/editor > /sw/bin/._init.csh > /sw/bin/init.csh > /sw/bin/._init.sh > /sw/bin/init.sh > /sw/bin/._pager > /sw/bin/pager > /sw/._etc > /sw/etc > /sw/etc/._profile.d > /sw/etc/profile.d > /sw/etc/profile.d/._dummy.sh > /sw/etc/profile.d/dummy.sh > /sw/._include > /sw/include > /sw/._lib > /sw/lib > /sw/lib/._perl5 > /sw/lib/perl5 > /sw/lib/perl5/._auto > /sw/lib/perl5/auto > /sw/lib/perl5/._darwin > /sw/lib/perl5/darwin > /sw/lib/perl5/darwin/._auto > /sw/lib/perl5/darwin/auto > /sw/._sbin > /sw/sbin > /sw/._share > /sw/share > /sw/share/._base-files > /sw/share/base-files > /sw/share/base-files/._dir-base > /sw/share/base-files/dir-base > /sw/share/._doc > /sw/share/doc > /sw/share/doc/._base-files > /sw/share/doc/base-files > /sw/share/doc/base-files/._COPYING > /sw/share/doc/base-files/COPYING > /sw/share/._info > /sw/share/info > /sw/share/._man > /sw/share/man > /sw/._src > /sw/src > /sw/._var > /sw/var > /sw/var/._log > /sw/var/log > /sw/var/._run > /sw/var/run > /sw/var/._spool > /sw/var/spool > > > > > > > from http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php > > % curl -O > http://superb-sea2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/fink/fink/0.29.10/fink-0.29.10.tar.gz > ... > % tar -xvzf fink-0.29.10.tar.gz > ... > % ./bootstrap > ... hit return for all options > install -c -p -m 644 fink.shlibs > "/sw5/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/DEBIAN/shlibs" > /bin/rm -f /sw5/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw5/info/dir > /sw5/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw5/info/dir.old > /sw5/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw5/share/info/dir > /sw5/src/fink.build/root-fink-0.29.10-51/sw5/share/info/dir.old > Writing control file... > Writing package script postinst... > Writing package script prerm... > dpkg-deb -b root-fink-0.29.10-51 > /sw5/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base > dpkg-deb: building package `fink' in > `/sw5/fink/10.6/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-i386.deb'. > /sw5/bootstrap/bin/dpkg -i > /sw5/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package fink. > (Reading database ... 60 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking fink (from .../fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-i386.deb) ... > /sw5/bootstrap/bin/dpkg: error processing > /sw5/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-i386.deb > (--install): > trying to overwrite `/._.', which is also in package base-files > /sw5/bootstrap/bin/dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /sw5/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base/fink_0.29.10-51_darwin-i386.deb > ### execution of /sw5/bootstrap/bin/dpkg failed, exit code 1 > can't install package fink-0.29.10-51 > > ERROR: Bootstrap phase 2 failed! >
This is strange error, all right. In the thread you referenced, Hanspeter had asked whether the original poster had a custom icon for the hard drive where Fink was being installed. Do you have one? - -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkv3MhAACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ/n2ACfYxuRtRT+jRNlxErSKNbP0gE9 9Q4AnAksHI+5I9VWELZaeg3yIU25GfM9 =3oNs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
