Answers: shell - which command doesn't work after uninstalling fink

abbood

I was trying to install something using homebrew.. so it complained that I had more than one package manager (either macports or fink).. so I followed fink's uninstall instructions which instructed me to basically remove everything in the /sw directory:

sudo rm -rf /sw

right after that I tried testing if I had a certain application using the famous which command:

which %someapp%

but then I got this horrifying error:

-bash: /sw/bin/which: No such file or directory

how on earth? so my which command is gone now? how do i get it back? without using fink?

update:

So it turns out my which command still exists in /usr/bin/which, so I simply added this alias to my ~/.bash_profile:

alias which='/usr/bin/which'

but i still got two questions:

how can fink dare try to take over such a basic shell command? should I worry that I got some other basic commands that are no non-functional because i uninstalled the /sw folder?
even though i deleted the /sw folder.. brew is still complaining that i got fink installed.. howcome? or how can i verify that fink has been completely uninstalled?

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osx - After updating to OS X 10.5.8 and updating Fink, Texmax stoped working

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I know just enough about installing UNIX like software on my Mac to get into trouble and this time I messed up all my software. I use Octive, Texmax, emacs and was playing with NGSpice. The history of what I did is as follows:

I used FinkCommander to install Octive, Texmax, emacs and NGSpice. All worked OK. I updated my PowerBook G4 to OS X 10.5.8. The Mac worked OK. I used FinkCommander to update the packages. I ran Update-All. This is when the problems started.

The error message is like;

Failed to fetch http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/fink-0.9.0/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//base/fink-obsolete-packages%5F0.1-1%5Fdarwin-powerpc.deb 404 Not Found

Is this a problem with Fink?

When I updated my OS to 10.5.8, I did not update my Xcode. I am having a hard time finding the link to Xcode 3.0 or 3.1. I understand these are the versions I need to use.

I need to know what is the fastest way to get my software working?

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