From: dstubb <ds...@ya...> - 2002-08-07 21:18:10
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Hi folks - I am unable suddenly to do any updating at all. For example, when I try to run finkselfupdate-cvs I get this message: Updating package index... done. Information about 1302 packages read in 2 seconds. rm -rf fink-0.10.0-1 mkdir -p /sw/src/fink-0.10.0-1 tar -xzf /sw/src/fink-0.10.0.tar.gz Failed: directory /sw/src/fink-0.10.0-1/fink-0.10.0 doesn't exist, check the package description I also get a lot of messages about packages not being found (though I can fire up GNOME and run my programs no problem). I think my package manager somehow got broken. I am trying to reinstall it per the directions on the fink home page: Manually install the latest version of the package manager. Go to the source release download page and get the latest version, then update like this: tar -xzf fink-0.4.0a-full.tar.gz cd fink-0.4.0a-full/ ./inject.pl /sw cd pkginfo ./inject.pl /sw OK...I put fink-0.4.0a-full.tar.gz into my Home folder and tried to follow the directions above, but I keep getting messages that the directory doesn't exist: [localhost:~] dstubb% tar -xzf fink-0.4.0a-full.tar.gz [localhost:~] dstubb% cd fink-0.4.0a-full/ fink-0.4.0a-full/: No such file or directory. Question - is Mac OS X's "Home" directory the same as the "Home" directory that fink is trying to refer to. Or...does anyone have a better way to reinstall fink other than this? -- David W. Stubblebine ds...@ya... -- May those that love us, love us; And those that don't love us, May God turn their hearts; And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their Ankles so we'll know them by their limping. -Old Irish Toast |