Subject: python24 fails to activate

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 8, 2006, at 02:40, Markos Kapes wrote:

> On trying to install Python24 on my  new macbook, running 10.4.8,  
> with no python ports installed except apple's standard 2.3  
> framework, I get:
>
> --->  Fetching python24
> --->  Attempting to fetch Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 from http:// 
> www.python.org//ftp/python/2.4.3/
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for python24
> --->  Extracting python24
> --->  Applying patches to python24
> --->  Configuring python24
> --->  Building python24 with target all
> --->  Staging python24 into destroot
> --->  Installing python24 2.4.3_1+darwin_8
> --->  Activating python24 2.4.3_1+darwin_8
> Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: / 
> Applications/DarwinPorts/MacPython/BuildApplet.app/Contents/ 
> Info.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered  
> port.  Unable to activate port python24.
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> I noticed a similar thread a year ago & did
> port sync
> port clean --all python24
> etc
>
> as the posts suggested, but still the same problem

You apparently have things at /Applications/DarwinPorts/MacPython but  
MacPorts doesn't think it put them there. Either manually remove them  
first, or use the -f flag when installing the port to force it.