subversion install error (file already exists)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 14, 2007, at 21:52, mark brethen wrote:

> I get this error when trying to install subversion.
>
> The following ports are currently installed:
>   apr @1.2.8_0 (active)
>   frotz @2.43_0 (active)
>   lesstif @0.93.94_0 (active)
>   libid3tag @0.15.1b_0 (active)
>   libmad @0.15.1b_0 (active)
>   libogg @1.1.2_0
>   libogg @1.1.3_0 (active)
>   libvorbis @1.1.0_0
>   libvorbis @1.1.2_0 (active)
>   mp3splt @2.1_0
>   mutella @0.4.3_0
>   mutella @0.4.5_0 (active)
>   readline @5.0.005_0
>   readline @5.1.004_0 (active)
>   xephem @3.5.2_0 (active)
> brethen-familys-Computer:~ marbre$ sudo port install subversion
> --->  Staging db44 into destroot
> Error: Target com.apple.destroot returned: error deleting "/opt/ 
> local/var/db/dports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_ 
> dports_databases_db44/work/destroot/opt/local/share/db44-4.4.20/ 
> api_c": file already exists
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: apr-util db44  
> expat libiconv neon gettext openssl zlib

I don't know why that's happening, but do you really need Berkeley  
DB? It's generally not required for Subversion. To build without BDB:

$ sudo port install apr-util +no_bdb
$ sudo port install subversion +no_bdb