gnome port confusion

[Bob Katz]

Hi  I am completely new to this project. This is my problem : I have just
set up a macports port system on my mac and after issuing the command " sudo
port install gnome " the only thing that happens is the curser just flashes.
The curser has been flashing now for over 1.5 hours.

Some background information - 2 days ago I invoked the "sudo port install
gnome " and after about 10 -15 minutes it started to install and ultimately
did install. For reasons that seemed good at the time I decided to reinstall
macports and for about the last 24 hours I have tried to install gnome about
5-6 times and all I get is a flashing curser.

I have run " sudo port selfupdate " and completes as it should. In addition
to test my macports environment I installed gnome desktop backgrounds (a
much smaller port ) it installed without a hitch.

Could someone out there possibly give me an idea what's going on here.

Thanks - Bob
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