Building sqlite3 fails

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Normen Müller wrote:

> Bryan Blackburn wrote:
>
>> Since you already have a version of sqlite3 installed (3.6.1_0),  
>> install (or
>> technically, activate) fails.  Since you've already done the  
>> install, you
>> can simply uninstall the older version with
>>
>> $ sudo port uninstall sqlite3 @3.6.1_0
>
> I tried that, but got the following error:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> sudo port uninstall sqlite3 @3.6.1_0
> --->  Unable to uninstall sqlite3 3.6.1_0, the following ports  
> depend on it:
> --->  	apr-util
> --->  	apr-util
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that  
> depend on sqlite3 first.
> --------------------------------------------------------------

You should force the uninstallation:

sudo port -f uninstall sqlite3 @3.6.1_0

This is fine since you will be activating 3.6.2_0 in a moment.

MacPorts 1.7.0 and later will no longer complain in this way about  
uninstalling a port if another version of the port is already installed.


>> then activate the new version
>>
>> $ sudo port activate sqlite3
>>
>> In the future, you can avoid that by just using
>>
>> $ sudo port upgrade sqlite3
>>
> In the future, can I even perform
>
>     $ sudo port -u upgrade sqlite3
>
> and
>
>     $ sudo port -u upgrade outdated

Sure, if you like. The "-u" flag will cause MacPorts to uninstall the  
old version of the port rather than just deactivating it. If you're  
sure the new version will work (i.e. you're sure you won't want to  
deactivate the new version and re-activate the old one for some  
reason) then the "-u" flag is for you.