Re: [Fink-beginners] Can install any packages...

[Alexander H. <ale...@gm...>]

On Aug 27, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Herb Wright wrote:

> Im trying to install acouple of different packeages, and for each one
> I get the results you see below. Any advice would be great.
>
>
> ~# /sw/bin/fink  install ccache
> Information about 7362 packages read in 6 seconds.
> The following package will be installed or updated:
>  ccache
> Reading buildlock packages...
> 	All buildlocks accounted for.
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/
> ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 59555 files and directories currently  
> installed.)
> Unpacking ccache (from .../ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb) ...
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/
> ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb (--install):
>  failed to rmdir/unlink `/sw/bin.dpkg-new': Input/output error
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package ccache-2.4-20
>
> Thanks,
> Herb Wright
> Contractor
> Desktop Group
> NCBI/NLM/NIH
> wri...@nc...
>

Found a related post here:

http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4532164

though OS X doesn't appear to have the lsattr and chattr commands, so  
I'm not sure what exactly got set.

I guess we can start with "ls -ld /sw"