ruby port won't uninstall, or install

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Jan 31, 2007, at 3:20 AM, flowctrl wrote:
> Is there a way to manually edit the registry?  Macports reports  
> that ruby is installed, but it isn't.  I'd like to install it.

You can manually remove the receipt (from /opt/local/var/db/dports/ 
receipts/ruby), but you may end up with other strange problems.

In general, it's not recommended to manually mess around with the  
registry even if you're sure you know what you are doing.

> $ sudo port -vd installed | grep ruby
>   ruby @1.8.5-p12_0
>
> $ sudo port -vd uninstall ruby
> --->  Uninstalling ruby 1.8.5-p12_0
> DEBUG: skip missing file: /private/tmp/0
> DEBUG: /private/tmp is not empty
> DEBUG: /private is not empty
> DEBUG: / is not empty
> --->  Uninstall is removing ruby from the port registry.
>
> $ sudo port -vd installed | grep ruby
>   ruby @1.8.5-p12_0

That is strange, what does `port contents ruby` say?

> $ sudo port -vdf install ruby
> DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/lang/ruby
> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/lang/ruby
> DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port ruby.
> DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ruby.
> DEBUG: Executing variant darwin provides darwin
> DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/textproc/libiconv
> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/textproc/libiconv
> DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libiconv
> DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libiconv
> DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/readline
> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/readline
> DEBUG: Searching for dependency: readline
> DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for readline
> DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/openssl
> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/openssl
> DEBUG: Searching for dependency: openssl
> DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for openssl
> DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
> DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
> DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for zlib
> DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/ncurses
> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/ncurses
> DEBUG: Searching for dependency: ncurses
> DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for ncurses
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.main (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.unarchive (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.fetch (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.checksum (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.extract (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.patch (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.configure (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.build (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.destroot (ruby)
> DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.archive (ruby)
> --->  Installing ruby 1.8.5-p12_0
> DEBUG: Executing com.apple.install (ruby)
> Error: Target com.apple.install returned: Registry error: ruby  
> 1.8.5-p12_0 already registered as installed.  Please uninstall it  
> first.
> Warning: the following items did not execute (for ruby):  
> com.apple.activate com.apple.install
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
--
Daniel J. Luke
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