problem installing MongoDB

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 24, 2010, at 05:44, Johan Ismael wrote:

> After typing sudo port install mongodb in the terminal, here is the Error message I receive :
> 
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/bin/xmlwf already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port expat. Use 'port -f activate expat' to force the activation.
> Log for expat is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/main.log
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: boost expat zlib libpcap pcre readline ncurses ncursesw scons python26 db46 gdbm gettext libiconv gperf openssl sqlite3 spidermonkey nspr
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> 
> 
> Any idea what's going wrong ?

Yes; this question has come up many times before:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22xmlwf+already+exists+and+does+not+belong+to+a+registered+port%22

I have been meaning to write up a ProblemHotlist entry describing it. I will try to do so today.