The problematic symlink is most likely to do with ~/.julia/v0.3/.cache. You might be able to just remove that then do Pkg.init again. Failing that, make a copy of the list of currently installed packages you have from ~/.julia/v0.3/REQUIRE, remove ~/.julia entirely and re-install those packages.
On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 8:03:41 AM UTC-7, Igor Rivin wrote: > > I have recently installed (then re-installed) Julia 0.3.11, and I am > having problems with packages. Should I be concerned? > > *_* > > *_** _ **_**(_)**_** | A fresh approach to technical > computing* > > *(_)** | **(_)* *(_)** | Documentation: > http://docs.julialang.org <http://docs.julialang.org>* > > * _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "help()" for help.* > > * | | | | | | |/ _` | |* > > * | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.3.11 (2015-07-27 06:18 UTC)* > > * _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official http://julialang.org/ > <http://julialang.org/> release* > > *|__/ | x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0* > > > *julia> **Pkg.update()* > > *INFO: Updating METADATA...* > > *ERROR: symlink: file already exists (EEXIST)* > > * in wait at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib > (repeats 2 times)* > > * in wait at task.jl:48* > > * in sync_end at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in update at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in anonymous at pkg/dir.jl:28* > > * in cd at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in __cd#229__ at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in update at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > > *julia> **Pkg.add("Distributions")* > > *INFO: Nothing to be done* > > > *julia> **Pkg.add("AbstractDomains")* > > *ERROR: symlink: file already exists (EEXIST)* > > * in wait at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib > (repeats 2 times)* > > * in wait at task.jl:48* > > * in sync_end at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in add at pkg/entry.jl:319* > > * in add at pkg/entry.jl:71* > > * in anonymous at pkg/dir.jl:28* > > * in cd at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in __cd#229__ at > /Applications/Julia-0.3.11.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib* > > * in add at pkg.jl:20* > > > *julia> * >