[MacPorts] #48925: dbus: org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port
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#48925: dbus: org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist already exists and does not belong
to a registered port
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Reporter: cherryblossom.field17@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.3
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: dbus |
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Comment (by cherryblossom.field17@…):
Replying to [comment:3 ryandesign@…]:
> Replying to [comment:2 cherryblossom.field17@…]:
> > Thanks for the reply! I uninstalled everything related to MacPorts on
my laptop. (I had to use the bulky code at the bottom of the page.) It
doesn't seem as if anything related to dbus remains anywhere on my Mac. I
also deleted the MacPorts installation package. I should add that several
things under MacPorts, like Python, were installed in another folder on my
MacBook, which I only found using Launchpad.
>
> What other folder was that?
>
I think that I had a separate folder automatically installed when I tried
installing MacPorts, if that makes sense. I don't remember seeing it in
/opt/local, but, when I looked in LaunchPad, even after having uninstalled
MacPorts, I saw a folder titled "MacPorts" in there as well. I had to
manually delete its contents.
> > As to why this file already exists on my system, I can think of a few
reasons. I accidentally installed MacPorts the wrong way at first (i.e.
before installing XCode and the command line) and tried installing GIMP on
my laptop. I thought that this was the source of my problems, so I
uninstalled MacPorts and deleted XCode, which I had installed too late in
the game. When I made sure that there was nothing related to either on my
laptop, I reinstalled/redownloaded everything the right way. It finally
seemed as if GIMP would be installed properly, but I started getting these
error messages, so I kind of got desperate and uninstalled and reinstalled
MacPorts on my laptop several times. I don't know whether these have had
any effect on what's been happening.
> >
> > What should I do now?
>
> If you had the dbus port installed, and then you uninstalled MacPorts by
using the "rm -rf ..." command to remove the MacPorts files, without
having first run "sudo port uninstall installed" or "sudo port uninstall
dbus", that could explain the situation you're in. So if you think that's
likely to have happened, then you can just delete the file
/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist or let MacPorts
rename it by running "sudo port -f activate dbus".
I've checked my laptop in various ways, but I can't find any files
pertaining to dbus anywhere in it, including the one that you mentioned in
your reply. Is there a chance that I'm missing it somehow?
Thanks again!
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48925#comment:4>
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