error uninstalling packages

[Gerrit Polder]

thanks, but now the situation is even worse:

$ sudo rm -f /opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/portuninstall.tcl
Password:
$ sudo port -f selfupdate
couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/ 
portuninstall.tcl": no such file or directory
     while executing
"source /opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/portuninstall.tcl"
     ("package ifneeded" script)
     invoked from within
"package_native require portuninstall 1.0"
     ("eval" body line 1)
     invoked from within
"eval package_native $args"
     (procedure "package" line 14)
     invoked from within
"package require portuninstall 1.0"
     (file "/opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/registry1.0/ 
registry.tcl" line 38)
     invoked from within
"source /opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/registry1.0/registry.tcl"
     ("package ifneeded" script)
     invoked from within
"package_native require registry 1.0"
     ("eval" body line 1)
     invoked from within
"eval package_native $args"
     (procedure "package" line 14)
     invoked from within
"package require registry 1.0"
     (procedure "dportinit" line 312)
     invoked from within
"dportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize ports system,  
couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/ 
portuninstall.tcl": no such file or directory

On Jan 5, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> On Jan 5, 2007, at 3:24 AM, Gerrit Polder wrote:
>> When I try to uninstall software, I get the following error:
>>
>> $ sudo port uninstall ethereal
>> Error: port uninstall failed: invalid command name  
>> "portuninstall::uninstall"
>>
>> any idea whats going on?
>
> See the last question on the FAQ at:
>
> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ
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