many perl modules I need

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Mon Jan 19 09:44:25 PST 2009


Scott Haneda wrote:
> Let's start here, new install of MacPorts, dev tools is in, X11 is in.
> I ran sudo port install perl5 and went to the next one I needed:
> 
> me at memacbook:~/ $sudo port install -f p5-Email-MIME-Modifier
> --->  Fetching p5-test-simple
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for p5-test-simple
> --->  Extracting p5-test-simple
> --->  Configuring p5-test-simple
> --->  Building p5-test-simple
> --->  Staging p5-test-simple into destroot
> You must install or activate this package with '-f' (force) as it needs
> to overwrite files installed by the perl5.8 port
> --->  Installing p5-test-simple @0.86_0
> Error: Target org.macports.install returned: Registry error:
> p5-test-simple @0.86_0 already registered as installed.  Please
> uninstall it first.
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-test-pod
> p5-test-simple
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

As it says in the error message:
> You must install or activate this package with '-f' (force) as it needs
> to overwrite files installed by the perl5.8 port

i.e. you need to run: `sudo port -f activate p5-test-simple`

This is <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/12710>.

- Josh


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