darwinports vs macports

[Kurt Andrews]

>
> Folks,
>
>
> all of my experience with building applications on a unix platform is with
> ant and a java environment and this is the first time I've tried to use
> darwinports.  I tried it because I wanted a copy of scite for my mac.  I'm
> running one of the first intel based mac minis with the latest version of
> Tiger.
>
>
> Following the instructions on the website
>
>
> This is a two-step process and is easy to get working. The first step is
> to download and run the Darwin Ports installer<http://download.darwinports.com/> located
> here:download.darwinports.com. The second step is to update the ports so
> that they are current on your Mac. To do this, open a terminal window and
> check the project out of the CVS repository with the following command and
> enter the root password when prompted:
>
>
> % sudo port -d selfupdate
>
> Password:
>
>
>
>    1.
>
>    I downloaded the binaries for darwinports ver 1.5 and let it do the
>    default install
>
>    2.
>
>    sudo port would run even if /opt/local/bin was the current directory
>    so I added /opt/local/bin to the path like so:
>
>    3.
>
>    once the selfupdate was running I started seeing some messages about
>    macports that's when I started getting confused but pressed on
>
>    4.
>
>    I tried to cd to /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/scite but that
>    directory didn't exist
>
>    5.
>
>    I just ran sudo port install scite from the /opt/local/bin directory
>    and it went off and started pulling down what I hope were just scite's
>    dependencies, but I was a little worried because I wasn't running the
>    install from the directory specified on the website.  Eventually the install
>    failed with the following error:
>
>
> --->  Fetching XFree86
> Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned:
>
>                     You have an Apple X11SDK installation already.
>                         MacPorts will not overwrite it.
>
>                     If you wish to use Apple X11,
>                         install it from your Mac OS X install disc.
>
>                     If you really want to use XFree86 instead,
>                         please move it aside first :
>
>                             sudo mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6.apple
>
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gtk2 cairo xrender
> XFree86 gtk-doc docbook-xml-4.1.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xsl libxml2 perl5.8scrollkeeper docbook-xml
> docbook-xml-4.2 docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 libxslt
> p5-xml-parser jpeg pango Xft2 xorg-xproto xorg-util-macros tiff xorg
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
>
> Based on this experience I've got a couple of questions
>
>
>    1.
>
>    Does macports 1.6 replace darwinports 1.5 and should I be using
>    macports instead
>
>    2.
>
>    If I should be using macports 1.6 do I need to uninstall darwinports
>    and install macports.
>
>    3.
>
>    The macports installation instructions talk about installing x11
>    support and XCode support which sounds like it may be related to the error
>    above but I don't understand the instructions in light of the fact that I've
>    already got x11 installed
>
>    4.
>
>    can someone please provide detailed instructions on how to clean
>    things up and move forward.  I can provide the output from the entire
>    terminal session but I wasn't sure if the list manager would allow me to
>    attach a file to this email
>
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Kurt
>
>
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