I'm a beginner so be nice to me

[Scott Haneda]

Can we see the log data from the file at:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gettext/main.log

It looks like gettext failed to install, which is a dependency needed for dsniff to work.  I think that failed because the fetch of the file download did not work.  Until you post the log, you could try to make sure you are up to date with `sudo port selfupdate` which is good to run every now and then just to be current.

The log will tell you exactly where the fetch failed so you can look into it deeper.  Sorry I can not be of more help, I too am a bit of a beginner with all of this.  Someone else here will be able to pin down exactly what is going on, though in the meantime, see what you can learn from the log.
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On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:54 PM, ronxroxx at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi all, I have installed macport and I'm now trying to install dsniff.   While running sudo port install dsniff, I am receiving the following error:
> 
> Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned: fetch failed
> Log for gettext is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gettext/main.log
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: libnids libnet11 autoconf help2man gettext p5-locale-gettext perl5 perl5.8 m4 automake libtool libpcap openssl zlib xorg-libXmu pkgconfig xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-bigreqsproto xorg-inputproto xorg-kbproto xorg-libXau xorg-xproto xorg-libXdmcp xorg-util-macros xorg-xcmiscproto xorg-xextproto xorg-xf86bigfontproto xorg-xtrans xorg-libXt xorg-libsm xorg-libice
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> 
> What do I need to do to fix the error so I can get dsniff?