macport install problems

Maurice Munyore munyore at gmail.com
Sat Aug 4 20:24:25 PDT 2007


I'm running version 10.4.10 on a powerbook g4. Strange i've never had
problems with my machine let me check it out.
thanks,
Maurice

On 8/4/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> On Aug 4, 2007, at 16:45, Maurice Munyore wrote:
>
> > Could some help know why the discrepancy between the macport
> > message that it does not need updating and the no ports installed.
>
> There is no discrepancy. Read more below for why.
>
>
> > I'm a newbie trying to install macports so i can run rtorrents
> > however i seem to get the message no ports installed despite
> > getting no problems with port self update and port sync. Below are
> > the messages I receive when I try to install rtorrents. i'm running
> > Mac OS X 10.4.10 powerbook g4 1.5
> >
> > powerbook:~ maurice$ sudo port selfupdate
> > MacPorts base version 1.5 installed
> > Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.5
> > The MacPorts installation is not outdated and so was not updated
> > selfupdate done!
>
> "selfupdate" updates your ports tree and your MacPorts base software.
> You already had the latest MacPorts base software so no update was
> necessary.
>
>
> > powerbook:~ maurice$ sudo port -dv sync
> > DEBUG: Synchronizing ports tree(s)
> > Synchronizing from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
> > DEBUG: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports
> > receiving file list ... done
> >
> > sent 74 bytes  received 273888 bytes  23822.78 bytes/sec
> > total size is 15152669  speedup is 55.31
>
> "sync" just updates your ports tree. So now you have the most current
> port definitions and can install any port you like.
>
>
> > powerbook:~ maurice$ sudo port -d install rtorrent
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/rtorrent
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/rtorrent
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port rtorrent.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port rtorrent.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port rtorrent.
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/curl
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/curl
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port curl.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port curl.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port curl.
> > DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: curl
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: curl
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port libsigcxx2.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libsigcxx2.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libsigcxx2.
> > DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/libtorrent
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/libtorrent
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port libtorrent.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libtorrent.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libtorrent.
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libtorrent
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libtorrent
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncurses
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncurses
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port ncurses.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port ncurses.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ncurses.
> > DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: ncurses
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: ncurses
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/openssl
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/openssl
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port openssl.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port openssl.
> > DEBUG: Executing variant darwin provides darwin
> > DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: openssl
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: openssl
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port zlib.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port zlib.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port zlib.
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: zlib
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: zlib
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port pkgconfig.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port pkgconfig.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port pkgconfig.
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/openssl
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: openssl
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: openssl
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libsigcxx2
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: zlib
> > DEBUG: Found port in  file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncursesw
> > DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncursesw
> > DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port ncursesw.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port ncursesw.
> > DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ncursesw.
> > DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: ncursesw
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: ncursesw
> > DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> > rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
> > DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
> > DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: zlib
> > DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.main (pkgconfig)
> > DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (pkgconfig)
> > DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (pkgconfig)
> > --->  Extracting pkgconfig
> > DEBUG: Executing org.macports.extract (pkgconfig)
> > --->  Extracting pkg-config-0.22.tar.gz
> > DEBUG: setting option extract.args to /opt/local/var/macports/
> > distfiles/pkgconfig/pkg-config-0.22.tar.gz
> > DEBUG: Environment:
> > DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/
> > _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel
> > _pkgconfig/work" && gzip -dc /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/
> > pkgconfig/pkg- config-0.22.tar.gz | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner
> > -xf -'
> > sh: line 1: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
> >
> > gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
> > Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command " cd "/
> > opt/local/var/macports/build/
> > _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel
> > _pkgconfig/work" && gzip -dc /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/
> > pkgconfig/pkg- config-0.22.tar.gz | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner
> > -xf - " returned error 127
> > Command output: sh: line 1: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
> >
> > gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
> >
> > Warning: the following items did not execute (for pkgconfig):
> > org.macports.activate org.macports.extract org.macports.patch
> > org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot
> > org.macports.install
> > Error: The following dependencies failed to build: curl pkgconfig
> > zlib libsigcxx2 libtorrent openssl ncurses ncursesw
> > Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> >
> > When i look at whether i have any ports installed. i get the
> > message there are none.
> >
> > powerbook:~ maurice$ port -d installed
> > No ports are installed.
>
> rtorrent requires many other ports, including pkgconfig, and an error
> was encountered while trying to install pkgconfig, so the
> installation was aborted. Therefore no ports have been installed.
>
> You need to correct the error MacPorts encountered:
>
> > Command output: sh: line 1: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
>
> Please verify whether you have /usr/bin/gnutar. If you do not, then
> your Mac OS X installation is incomplete. I believe gnutar is
> provided by either BaseSystem.pkg or Essentials.pkg from the Mac OS X
> DVD, both of which are quite essential to Mac OS X's functioning.
> What version of Mac OS X are you on, on what Mac?
>
>
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