install specific version of portfile

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Mon Feb 2 13:04:11 PST 2009


On Feb 2, 2009, at 14:30, Joshua Root wrote:

> Thierry wrote:
>
>> This week-end I discovered Macport and I was really astonished
>> about this tool !
>>
>> Congratulations to all who build this gem.
>>
>> What I wanted to do is use a perl package on a Mac, call  
>> Image::Magick.
>>
>> It depends on ImageMagick library.
>>
>> So, I put my sleeves up and start with macport.
>>
>> Then install ImageMagick, so far so good.
>>
>> The problem is that the installation of Perl Magick failed...
>
> IIRC, you can install ImageMagick with the perl variant and not worry
> about p5-perlmagick. To force a rebuild of ImageMagick with the new
> variant, use this command:
>
> sudo port -fn upgrade ImageMagick +perl
>
> For future reference, a list of the available variants is displayed by
> 'port variants <portname>'.

Josh is correct. However, if in the future you want to install an  
earlier version of a port for some reason, instructions are here:

http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort

P.S: Welcome to MacPorts!




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