Re: [Fink-beginners] please help me with this error, will really appreciate

[Michael T. <mt...@gm...>]

I had the exact same problem, as I was trying to install fink into a
directory off of my home directory. When doing so, the shell doesn't
have permission to the parent directories (i.e., my home directory)
when executing as user fink-bld, and thus can't access any of the
necessary script files, even if given an absolute path. The solution
for me was to configure fink to install into a root directory (like
/sw).

Mike

> On 7/21/12 3:15 AM, badrkad wrote:
>> Hello , here is the output I had from running the commands
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     scottish:~ admin$ ls -ld /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib
>>     drwxr-xr-x  44 root  admin  1496 20 jul 21:37
>>     /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib
>>     scottish:~ admin$ ls -ld /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib/perl5
>>     drwxr-xr-x  6 root  admin  204 20 jul 21:24
>>     /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib/perl5
>>     scottish:~ admin$ ls -ld /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib/perl5/Fink
>>     drwxr-xr-x  29 root  admin  986 20 jul 21:24
>>     /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib/perl5/Fink
>>     scottish:~ admin$ ls /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm
>>     /Users/admin/desktop/ff/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm
>>     scottish:~ admin$
>>     <snip>
>>
>> thank you
>
> Let's keep this discussion on the mailing list, please.
>
> OK, since Services.pm is present and in the @INC, I'm going to work
> under the assumption that this is a permissions problem, and that we
> haven't gotten to the right level yet.
>
> What do you get from
>
> ls -ld /Users/admin
> ls -ld /Users/admin/desktop
> ls -ld /Users/admin/desktop/ff
>
> ?
>
> Also
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