Unable to install packages

[Julio Lajara]

That worked. The compile/install process is insanely slow but its 
working now.

Thanks.

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 23:00, Julio Lajara wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, Im new to using Macports and am having a few issues.
>>
>> I installed Xcode and setup my .profile for accessing port from the 
>> command line but Im unable to install any packages. It looks like it 
>> cant find some macport components to compile/configure packages but 
>> Im new to Mac in general and have no idea where to look to fix this. 
>> I tried to install emacs-app at first but after that failed I just 
>> tried a package with no dependencies and this is what I get:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>
>> sudo port install ncursesw
>> Password:
>> --->  Configuring ncursesw
>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: 
>> shell command " cd 
>> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_ncursesw/work/ncurses-5.7" 
>> && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-widec --disable-rpath 
>> --with-shared --without-debug --without-ada --enable-safe-sprintf 
>> --enable-sigwinch --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1
>> Command output: sh: line 0: cd: 
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_ncursesw/work/ncurses-5.7: 
>> No such file or directory
>>
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> Welcome to MacPorts!
>
> Can you clean the port's work area and try again?
>
> sudo port clean ncursesw
> sudo port install ncursesw
>
> If you still get the same error, does the indicated directory in fact 
> exist?
>
> Try with debug information turned on, which should hopefully contain 
> the answer somewhere.
>
> sudo port clean ncursesw
> sudo port -d install ncursesw
>
>