New Mac user and gdk-pixbuf-2-0

[David Evans]

Fabrizio Bartolomucci wrote:
> Hullo everyone,
> sorry if this question has been already asked and in that case I would
> be happy if someone pointed me to the answer.
> I own a Mac PowerBook with MacPorts installed and since some time the
> 'upgrade outdated' procedure loops on the following message and I do not
> know what to do:
>
> Thanks everyone,
> Fabrizio Bartolomucci
>
> No package 'gdk-pixbuf-2.0' found
>
> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>
> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBRSVG_CFLAGS
> and LIBRSVG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>
>
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
> --->  Activating gtk2 @2.14.5_0+x11
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
> /opt/local/include/gail-1.0/gail/gailwidget.h is being used by the
> active gail port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag
> to force the activation.
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gtk2
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>
Fabrizio --

Both gail and gdk-pixbuf-2.0 are now provided by gtk2.  The gail port is
obsolete and
should be removed.

Try this (as per the error message)

sudo port deactivate gail
sudo port activate gtk2
sudo port upgrade outdated

then you should be able to uninstall gail

sudo port uninstall gail