Error after trying to upgrade installed

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 18, 2009, at 20:39, Doctor Who wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Jan 18, 2009, at 20:18, Doctor Who wrote:
>>
>>> Not to be a pain, but I'm pretty new to MacPorts and I don't want to
>>> mess my system up more.  Would you please outline the steps I should
>>> take one by one to (hopefully) restore my system back to 'normal'?

I meant to say earlier, but don't feel that you're bothering us:  
you've clearly found a problem and we need to first get you out of it  
and then figure out how to not make it affect others. Sorry this  
happened; I know it's not a pleasant experience, especially when  
you're just trying to get used to MacPorts. It's not usually like  
this. :)


>> I'm not certain, as I haven't encountered this problem before.
>>
>> But my suggestion is exactly as I outlined above.
>>
>> 1. Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf and change this line:
>>
>> #binpath
>>  /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ 
>> X11R6/bin
>>
>> Remove the hash at the beginning and change the order so that it  
>> reads:
>>
>> binpath
>> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/ 
>> X11R6/bin
>>
>> 2. Deactivate your old gettext:
>>
>> sudo port deactivate gettext @0.17_3
>>
>> 3. Activate your new gettext:
>>
>> sudo port activate gettext @0.17_4
>>
>> 4. Uninstall coreutils because it is not a good idea to override  
>> the default
>> Mac OS X file utilities:
>>
>> sudo port uninstall coreutils
>>
>> 5. Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/macporst.conf and put the binpath  
>> line back
>> the way it was before, including the order of the paths and the  
>> hash at the
>> beginning of the line.
>
> OK, when I get to the point of activating the later version of
> gettext, it's not installed:
>
> tbook:~ who$ sudo port deactivate gettext @0.17_3
> --->  Deactivating gettext @0.17_3
> tbook:~ who$ sudo port activate gettext @0.17_4
> Error: port activate failed: Registry error: gettext 0.17_4 not
> registered as installed.
>
> What should I do at this point to install this version correctly?


Try:

sudo port install gettext