Trouble installing ncurses

[Paul Butcher]

Oops - first apology necessary for the lack of a subject in my  
earlier mail. Blush.

Sorry guys - I normally think more carefully before I hit "send"!

On 8 May 2007, at 16:10, Paul Butcher wrote:
> I'm relatively new to Macs, so please forgive me if I'm doing  
> something stupid. I'm having problems installing ncurses with  
> MacPorts. I get the following:
>
>> paul-butchers-computer:~ paul$ sudo port install ncurses
>> --->  Staging ncurses into destroot
>> Error: Target com.apple.destroot returned: no such file or directory
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> port -dv gives me *lots* of output, but the last bit reads:
>
>> DEBUG: Executing proc-post-com.apple.destroot-destroot-0
>> DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ 
>> _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate 
>> _dports_devel_ncurses/work/destroot/opt/local/share /opt/local/var/ 
>> db/dports/build/ 
>> _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate 
>> _dports_devel_ncurses/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/terminfo
>> Error: Target com.apple.destroot returned: no such file or directory
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for ncurses):  
>> com.apple.activate com.apple.destroot com.apple.install
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> I've tried doing a "port clean --all ncurses", but I get exactly  
> the same thing afterwards.
>
> I'd be very grateful for any pointers to what I'm doing wrong, or  
> how to debug further.
>
> Many thanks.
>

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