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

[Alexander K. H. <ak...@fi...>]

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.

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink User Liaison/Documenter
akh AT finkproject DOT org