Re: [Fink-beginners] Re-installation fails, symlink/permissions error

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

You're not; the reasons that it occurs aren't clear yet, though.

On Aug 31, 2008, at 2:13 PM, jdelisle wrote:

> I installed fink, and decided to go with the unstable packages so I
> could use mplayer.  This didn't work well, mplayer failed to compile..
> =(  So I decided to try again, and rm -r'd my sw directory.
>
> Reinstalling kept giving me symlink/permission errors, even after
> multiple reboots, admin-user changes, and disk permission repairs.
> Then I found the post below from Martin, and it fixed my problem.  Can
> the FAQ maintainer please add this to the FAQ?  I'm sure I'm not the
> only one who will be bit by this.. =)
>
> David wrote:
>> First I need to admit that I am not all that comfortable with  
>> "command
>> line interface", that said, here is my issue. I downloaded Fink then
>> for reasons that are not important, I uninstalled Fink. When I  
>> attempt
>> to re-install Fink I get the message that it will not install on my
>> drive (the only one I have) because "cannot perform symlink test on  
>> this
>> volume because of a permissions problem". I am then told to run the
>> disk utility and "repair permissions". I have done this numerous time
>> with no success.
>
> Anyway, for being absolutely sure about this, please show the output  
> of
> the command
>
> ls -lad /
>
> If it does not start with "drwxrwxr-t", but rather with "drwxr-xr-x"
> (note the absence of the second "w"), then run
>
> sudo chmod 1775 /
>
> and try the installer again.
>
> -- 
> Martin
>