Fwd: Libao Failure to Build

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Sun Dec 2 03:25:07 PST 2007


Forwarding this message back to the mailing list so someone who knows  
about libao and/or Leopard can look at it; I know about neither.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Damian Eastwood <damianeastwood at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: December 2, 2007 05:20:06 CST
> To: Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
> Subject: Re: Libao Failure to Build
>
>> On Dec 1, 2007, at 22:16, Damian Eastwood wrote:
>>
>>> I am new to Apple Mac, and especially to MacPorts. I
>>> have been trying to install Pidgin messenger and have
>>> come unstuck with Libao. I have tried googling for a
>>> solution and cannot find anything relevant I was
>>> hoping someone out there knows what to do.
>>
>> Welcome to MacPorts!
>>
>> There have been some changes committed to the libao port in the past
>> 48 hours. Are you sure you have the latest version? Did you "sudo
>> port selfupdate" before trying to install? If not, do it now. Then,
>> "sudo port clean --work libao". Then try to install it again.
>>
>> If it still doesn't work, please indicate your version of Mac OS X
>> and Xcode and your processor architecture. Thanks.
>
> Thank you for the quick response Ryan. I am running OS 10.5  
> (Leopard) on a New Intel MacBookPro. I am running Xcode that comes  
> with the Leopard DVD.
>
> I tried running "sudo port selfupdate" and it also failed, so I  
> uninstalled MacPorts following the instructions in the MacPorts  
> guide and reinstalled MacPorts. This time the selfupdate command  
> worked fine.
>
> Unfortunately when I run "sudo port install libao" it still fails.  
> There's nothing out there about this or I wouldn't post. Thank your  
> for your help. Let's hope you can figure it out. (I didn't repost  
> the error messages since they are the same as my original post.)



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