pf-net-dns

[Scott Haneda]

Stumped on this one, and rather than a line of terminal to fix it, can  
someone run me through what is going on, why does sudo port install  
xyz not work in most all cases for me?

me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port install p5-net-dns
--->  Activating p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/ 
share/man/man3/MIME::Base64.3pm.gz is being used by the active perl5.8  
port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force  
the activation.
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-mime-base64 p5- 
net-ip
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f activate p5-net-dns
Error: port activate failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not registered  
as installed.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f install p5-net-dns
--->  Installing p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0
Error: Target org.macports.install returned: Registry error: p5-mime- 
base64 @3.07_0 already registered as installed.  Please uninstall it  
first.
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-mime-base64 p5- 
net-ip
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f uninstall p5-net-dns
Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not  
registered as installed.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port clean p5-net-dns
--->  Cleaning p5-net-dns
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port install p5-net-dns
--->  Activating p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/ 
share/man/man3/MIME::Base64.3pm.gz is being used by the active perl5.8  
port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force  
the activation.
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-mime-base64 p5- 
net-ip
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f deactivate p5-net-dns
Error: port deactivate failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not  
registered as installed & active.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f uninstall p5-net-dns
Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not  
registered as installed.
me at macbook:~/Desktop/ $

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Scott