emacs install breaking

[Rob MacLeod]

Hi

On Feb 26, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Elias Pipping wrote:
> sudo port -f activate emacs should solve the problem.
>

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately, this suggestion did not work:

	[idsl210:/opt/local]$ sudo port -f activate emacs
	Password:
	--->  Activating emacs
	Error: port activate failed: File exists

And when I try to run the program

  	/opt/local/bin/emacs: No such file or directory

So I cannot seem to either completely remove the program or  
completely install it.  Each time it gets to the activate stage, I  
get the report that the file exists.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Cheers,
Rob

>
> Regards,
>
> Elias Pipping
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:29 AM, Rob MacLeod wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to get emacs working from MacPorts and my first try  
>> would not launch its own X-window but ran in the xterm where I  
>> launched it.  It also reported a warning that the directory
>>
>> 	/opt/local/share/emacs/21.4/leim
>>
>> was missing, which it was when I went looking.  I am not sure what  
>> this directory does or whether its absence explains why emacs was  
>> lamed.
>>
>> I am now trying to do a fresh install of emacs but running into  
>> problems.  I keep getting this error during installation:
>>
>> --->  Activating emacs 21.4a_1+darwin_8
>> Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: File exists
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>>
>> I have tried uninstalling emacs using
>>
>> 	sudo port uninstall emacs
>> 	
>> and then
>>
>> 	sudo port clean --all emacs
>>
>> and still I get this same error.
>>
>> Does anyone have any guesses about what might be going wrong.
>>
>> As background, I have used fink since the beginning of OSX time,  
>> used emacs on Unix for many more years before that.  I am trying  
>> to move from Fink to Macports but so far, the experience is  
>> mixed.  I left Fink because it was falling behind on new  
>> versions.  I hope MacPorts will work for me...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
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