Re: [Fink-beginners] installing and using local mirror

[Johann S. <joh...@al...>]

On 28 Sep 2007, at 3:36 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:

> Johann Spies wrote:
>> Good day,
>>
>> I an am experienced Linux user and got my macbook only two days  
>> ago.   I have made a copy of the www.finkproject.org on my hard  
>> disk,  downloaded the Fink 0.8.1-Intel Installer.pkg
>>
>> I have experienced two problems - one installing fink-installer  
>> and  the other using the copy of www.finkproject.org on my hard  
>> drive.
>>
>> Yesterday I succeeded in installing the fink-installer but I  
>> could  not succeed in getting it to use the local mirror on my  
>> hard disk.   So I decided to start all over again, deleted /sw and  
>> tried to  install it again.  Now I get the message: "You cannot  
>> install Fink on  this volume.  Cannot perform symlink test on this  
>> volume because of a  permissions problem.  Try performing the  
>> "Repair Disk Permissions"  function in Disk Utility."
>>
>> I did use the "Repair Disk Permissions" but that did not make any   
>> difference.  I then created /sw and tried again, and I still get  
>> the  same message.
>>
>> Now my two questions:
>>
>> 1.  How do I install the fink installer?
>> 2. How must I configure my sources.list to make fink use the  
>> mirror  at /Users/js/www.finkproject.org?
>>
>> Regards
>> Johann
>>
>>
> Creating /sw is guaranteed to block the installer, so don't do  
> that.  Are you running the installer as a user with administrative  
> privileges (i.e. the same user account you used before)?
>
> Once you get Fink installed, try adding the following to your  
> sources.list:
>
> deb file:/Users/js/www.finkproject.org/bindist 10.4/release main  
> crypto
> deb file:/Users/js/www.finkproject.org/bindist 10.4/current main  
> crypto
>
> in analogy with what Fink uses for access to its remote  
> repository.  "man sources.list" will have more information for you.
>

Thanks for your reply.

I am trying to install Fink as user with administration righs  but  
keep the same error message.  I don' t know enough about the macbook  
to know whether or how to remove all possible traces of a previous  
installation other that removing /sw.

At the moment I am stuck.

Regards
Johann
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