Unable to Install db44

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 10, 2007, at 16:10, fclee at dialup4less.com wrote:

>>> [/usr/local/httpd-2.2.6]sudo port install db44
>>
>> what's the /usr/local stuff doing in here?
>
> I downloaded apache2 stuff independently from MacPorts and chose to  
> install it at /usr/local.
>
> [/usr/local]ls
> BerkeleyDB.4.5/                 info/                            
> mysql-5.1.21-beta-osx10.4-i686/
> PEAR-1.6.1/                     lib/                            php5/
> bin/                            lynx/                           share/
> httpd-2.2.6/                    man/                            src/
> httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz              mysql@                           
> svn_installer_backup/
> include/                        mysql-5.1.18-beta-osx10.4-i686/
>
> ------------------
>
> ..whether I install Apache2 via MacPorts or solo, I end up with the  
> same problem with db44.

Installing things in /usr/local can be problematic for package  
managers like MacPorts. We recommend you do not install anything in / 
usr/local if you intend to use MacPorts. (Installing in /usr/local/ 
<anything> is probably fine though.)