I'm not really sure if this is a fink question or an OSX question, but here
goes. I have osx10.2.3 and Apple X11 installed and I'm trying to instal fink
binaries from fink 0.5.1 installer.pkg but it does not ask me for admin
passwd so it won't let me install. Any other .pkg asks me for the passwd
I tried it just now, by moving my existing fink tree out of the way, and
I was able to do an install, even though I was not prompted for an admin
password.
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 14:15, Jim Kennedy wrote:
> I'm not really sure if this is a fink question or an OSX question, but here
> goes. I have o
Please listen to the experts before listening to me, but I'm fairly
confident in my answer:
In order to install binaries as an administrator, use the sudo command.
For example,
sudo dselect
sudo should then ask you for your administrator password.
The next major problem you might encou
One additional question that I neglected to ask. What exactly happens
when you try to run the 0.5.1 installer? What's the error message?
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 14:15, Jim Kennedy wrote:
> I'm not really sure if this is a fink question or an OSX question, but here
> goes. I have osx10.2.3 and Appl
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 11:15 AM, Jim Kennedy wrote:
I'm not really sure if this is a fink question or an OSX question, but
here
goes. I have osx10.2.3 and Apple X11 installed and I'm trying to
instal fink
binaries from fink 0.5.1 installer.pkg but it does not ask me for admin
passwd
On Tuesday, Jan 21, 2003, at 15:52 US/Eastern, Ben Hines wrote:
It will fail for users who arent admins, i think.
What do you get when you do:
% ls -la /sw
It should all be owned by root:
Mine is all owned by my administrative username, not root. This would
explain why Fink Commander won't r
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 04:15 PM, Joe Heafner wrote:
On Tuesday, Jan 21, 2003, at 15:52 US/Eastern, Ben Hines wrote:
It will fail for users who arent admins, i think.
What do you get when you do:
% ls -la /sw
It should all be owned by root:
Mine is all owned by my administrative
