Etc,tmp, and var folder won't hide in Leopard

Hi can someone help me hide the etc,tmp,and var folder in Leopard 10.5.4
I have run the ls -alO / (in terminal)
I get these results:
total 41517
drwxrwxr-t 34 root admin - 1224 Jul 5 11:34 .
drwxrwxr-t 34 root admin - 1224 Jul 5 11:34 ..
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 Robert admin hidden 15364 Jul 5 12:31 .DS_Store
drwx------ 3 root admin - 102 Jun 4 09:32 .Spotlight-V100
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root staff - 68 Jun 4 09:02 .Trashes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin - 0 Jun 4 09:32 .com.apple.timemachine.supported
drwx------ 19 root admin - 646 Jul 5 12:08 .fseventsd
-rw-r--r-- 1 Robert admin - 166 Jul 5 12:26 .hidden
-rw------- 1 root wheel hidden 131072 Jun 30 03:51 .hotfiles.btree
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 68 Sep 24 2007 .vol
drwxrwxr-x+ 104 root admin - 3536 Jul 5 11:26 Applications
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin hidden 44544 Jul 3 17:05 Desktop DB
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin hidden 2 Jun 4 21:23 Desktop DF
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin - 102 Jun 4 19:37 Developer
drwxrwxr-t+ 58 root admin - 1972 Jun 30 00:20 Library
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 68 Sep 23 2007 Network
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel - 136 Jun 4 19:26 System
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin - 170 Jun 27 01:40 Users
drwxrwxrwt@ 7 root admin hidden 238 Jul 5 12:09 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x@ 40 root wheel hidden 1360 Jun 4 19:23 bin
drwxrwxr-t@ 2 root admin hidden 68 Sep 23 2007 cores
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 512 Jul 5 12:08 dev
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 etc -> private/etc
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 1 Jul 5 12:08 home
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel hidden 10293308 Jun 9 19:37 mach_kernel
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel hidden 10742313 Jun 9 19:37 mach_kernel.ctfsys
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 1 Jul 5 12:08 net
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root wheel hidden 238 Jun 7 19:43 private
drwxr-xr-x@ 66 root wheel hidden 2244 Jun 4 19:23 sbin
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel hidden 374 Jun 30 00:16 usr
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 var -> private/var
As you can see...
private/var
private/tmp
private/etc
do not have the hidden flag. I have tried to run this command with no luck on all 3:
sudo chflags hidden /private/var
sudo chflags hidden /private/tmp
sudo chflags hidden /private/etc
No luck. I put in my password and restart the finder/cpu and these folders still remain visible. Anyone have any suggestions?

*Hi Tim. Looks like I do have the developer tools but for some reason maybe not that one tool. So I downloaded your file (thank you so much for allowing me to download it and for uploading it) and put it on my desktop as you suggested. Still no luck. The files still appear eventhough the commands went through.*
*See below (my terminal window afterwards)*
roberts-imac:~ Robert$ sudo ~/Desktop/SetFile -a V /private/tmp
roberts-imac:~ Robert$ sudo ~/Desktop/SetFile -a V /private/etc
roberts-imac:~ Robert$ sudo ~/Desktop/SetFile -a V /private/var
roberts-imac:~ Robert$ ls -alO /
total 41517
drwxrwxr-t 34 root admin - 1224 Jul 5 11:34 .
drwxrwxr-t 34 root admin - 1224 Jul 5 11:34 ..
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 Robert admin hidden 15364 Jul 5 18:43 .DS_Store
drwx------ 3 root admin - 102 Jun 4 09:32 .Spotlight-V100
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root staff - 68 Jun 4 09:02 .Trashes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin - 0 Jun 4 09:32 .com.apple.timemachine.supported
drwx------ 25 root admin - 850 Jul 5 15:22 .fseventsd
-rw-r--r-- 1 Robert admin - 166 Jul 5 12:26 .hidden
-rw------- 1 root wheel hidden 131072 Jun 30 03:51 .hotfiles.btree
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 68 Sep 24 2007 .vol
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-rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin hidden 2 Jun 4 21:23 Desktop DF
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin - 102 Jun 4 19:37 Developer
drwxrwxr-t+ 58 root admin - 1972 Jun 30 00:20 Library
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 68 Sep 23 2007 Network
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel - 136 Jun 4 19:26 System
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin - 170 Jun 27 01:40 Users
drwxrwxrwt@7 root admin hidden 238 Jul 5 15:23 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x@ 40 root wheel hidden 1360 Jun 4 19:23 bin
drwxrwxr-t@ 2 root admin hidden 68 Sep 23 2007 cores
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 512 Jul 5 14:51 dev
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 etc -> private/etc
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 1 Jul 5 14:52 home
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel hidden 10293308 Jun 9 19:37 mach_kernel
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel hidden 10742313 Jun 9 19:37 mach_kernel.ctfsys
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 1 Jul 5 14:52 net
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root wheel hidden 238 Jun 7 19:43 private
drwxr-xr-x@ 66 root wheel hidden 2244 Jun 4 19:23 sbin
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel hidden 374 Jun 30 00:16 usr
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 var -> private/var
*For some reason the entries below do not change:*
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 etc -> private/etc
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 tmp -> private/tmp
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 var -> private/var
*I've noticed that the folders that are hidden start with an "l" and the others start with a "d". (example below)*
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 11 Jun 4 09:04 var -> private/var (example 1)
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel hidden 374 Jun 30 00:16 usr (example 2)
*Any other guesses??? Appreciate your help on this.*
Does that have something to do with it?

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