MacPorts throws errors on everything (include uninstall) since selfupdate

Fri Feb 18 10:09:43 PST 2011

It seems that you didn't erase /opt/local....  you really shouldn't
put anything other than macports in there.  If you need other things
in /opt/local thenyou should install macports in a different
directory.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Aba-Sah Dadzie <a.dadzie at dcs.shef.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks, Andrea, Harald,
>
> I've just done a full check of my HD, using the Macs disk utility and the
> more thorough Apple Hardware Test. Both passed with no errors, as expected.
>
> Then removed all traces of macports I could find on my machine, first by
> checking the directories listed in the guide, then by doing a search for
> "ports", ""macports" and "darwinports". Then reinstalled 1.9.2 from the disk
> image I downloaded earlier. I checked with a "port installed" and it found
> nothing.
>
> I just did a port install of emacs, a couple of complaints with ncursesw and
> ncurses, and had to go force activation for each. But it finally installed
> and it ran with no errors when I opened it.
>
>
> Error logs at bottom of mail.
>
>
> I'm now trying gimp2, and I'm having a similar problem - 3rd log at bottom.
> I can't empty out /opt/local/bin because there are other programs in the
> same directory not put in there by macports. It's just complained about
> gperf, while writing this mail. It's a bit tedious to install like this...
> is there some other clean action I missed?
>
> Regards,
> Aba-Sah
>
>
>
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
> /opt/local/bin/captoinfo already exists and does not belong to a registered
> port.  Unable to activate port ncursesw. Use 'port -f activate ncursesw' to
> force the activation.
> Error: Failed to install ncursesw
> Log for ncursesw is at:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_ncursesw/main.log
> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: ncurses ncursesw
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
>
> ****************
>
> lap-lin-09-246:~ aba-sah$ sudo port install emacs-app
> --->  Computing dependencies for emacs-app
> --->  Dependencies to be installed: ncurses
> --->  Fetching ncurses
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncurses
> --->  Extracting ncurses
> --->  Applying patches to ncurses
> --->  Configuring ncurses
> --->  Building ncurses
> --->  Staging ncurses into destroot
> --->  Installing ncurses @5.7_1
> --->  Activating ncurses @5.7_1
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
> /opt/local/bin/ncurses5-config already exists and does not belong to a
> registered port.  Unable to activate port ncurses. Use 'port -f activate
> ncurses' to force the activation.
> Error: Failed to install ncurses
> Log for ncurses is at:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_ncurses/main.log
> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: ncurses
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
> lap-lin-09-246:~ aba-sah$ sudo port -f activate ncurses
> Password:
> --->  Computing dependencies for ncurses
> --->  Activating ncurses @5.7_1
> Warning: File /opt/local/bin/ncurses5-config already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/bin/ncurses5-config.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/curses.h already exists. Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/curses.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesapp.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesapp.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesf.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesf.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesm.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesm.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesp.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesp.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesw.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursesw.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursslk.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/cursslk.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/eti.h already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/eti.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/etip.h already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/etip.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/form.h already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/form.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/menu.h already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/menu.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/ncurses_dll.h already exists.
> Moving to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/ncurses_dll.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/panel.h already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/panel.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/term.h already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/term.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/termcap.h already exists. Moving
> to: /opt/local/include/ncurses/termcap.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/include/ncurses/unctrl.h already exists. Moving to:
> /opt/local/include/ncurses/unctrl.h.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libform.5.dylib already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libform.5.dylib.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libform.a already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libform.a.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libmenu.5.dylib already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libmenu.5.dylib.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libmenu.a already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libmenu.a.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libncurses++.a already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libncurses++.a.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libncurses.a already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libncurses.a.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libpanel.5.dylib already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libpanel.5.dylib.mp_1298050374.
> Warning: File /opt/local/lib/libpanel.a already exists.  Moving to:
> /opt/local/lib/libpanel.a.mp_1298050374.
> --->  Cleaning ncurses
> lap-lin-09-246:~ aba-sah$ sudo port install emacs-app
> --->  Computing dependencies for emacs-app
> --->  Fetching emacs-app
> --->  Attempting to fetch emacs-23.2.tar.bz2 from
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for emacs-app
> --->  Extracting emacs-app
> --->  Configuring emacs-app
> --->  Building emacs-app
> --->  Staging emacs-app into destroot
> --->  Installing emacs-app @23.2_1
> --->  Activating emacs-app @23.2_1
> --->  Cleaning emacs-app
>
> ****************
>
> lap-lin-09-246:~ aba-sah$ sudo port install gimp2
> Password:
> --->  Computing dependencies for gimp2
> --->  Dependencies to be installed: aalib autoconf help2man gettext expat
> libiconv gperf p5-locale-gettext m4 automake libtool curl curl-ca-bundle
> libidn openssl zlib pkgconfig gegl babl librsvg fontconfig freetype gtk2 atk
> gtk-doc docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xml-4.2
> docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl
> gnome-doc-utils intltool gnome-common p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools
> p5-scalar-list-utils p5-xml-parser iso-codes libxslt libxml2 py27-libxml2
> python27 bzip2 db46 gdbm readline sqlite3 rarian getopt gdk-pixbuf2 jasper
> jpeg libpng tiff shared-mime-info xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto
> xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-bigreqsproto xorg-inputproto xorg-kbproto
> xorg-libXau xorg-xproto xorg-libXdmcp xorg-libxcb xorg-libpthread-stubs
> xorg-xcb-proto xorg-util-macros xorg-xcmiscproto xorg-xextproto
> xorg-xf86bigfontproto xorg-xtrans xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto
> xorg-libXcursor xorg-renderproto xrender xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto
> xorg-libXi xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr
> xorg-randrproto libart_lgpl libcroco libgsf gconf dbus-glib dbus orbit2
> libidl policykit eggdbus gnome-vfs desktop-file-utils popt gnome-mime-data
> libbonobo python26 w3m boehmgc libopenraw boost icu libspiro lua openexr
> ilmbase gsed lcms libexif libgnomeui libbonoboui libgnome esound audiofile
> libgnomecanvas libglade2 libgnome-keyring gnome-keyring libgcrypt
> libgpg-error libtasn1 xorg-libsm xorg-libice libmng libwmf poppler openjpeg
> poppler-data py26-gtk py26-cairo py26-numpy atlas gcc44 gmp mpfr gzip
> texinfo fftw-3 py26-nose py26-distribute py26-gobject libffi
> --->  Fetching expat
> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.0.1.tar.gz from
> http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/expat
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for expat
> --->  Extracting expat
> --->  Configuring expat
> --->  Building expat
> --->  Staging expat into destroot
> --->  Installing expat @2.0.1_1
> --->  Activating expat @2.0.1_1
> 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.
> Error: Failed to install expat
> 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 were not installed: aalib autoconf
> help2man gettext expat libiconv gperf p5-locale-gettext m4 automake libtool
> curl curl-ca-bundle libidn openssl zlib pkgconfig gegl babl librsvg
> fontconfig freetype gtk2 atk gtk-doc docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 xmlcatmgr
> docbook-xml-4.2 docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5
> docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl gnome-doc-utils intltool gnome-common
> p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-scalar-list-utils p5-xml-parser iso-codes
> libxslt libxml2 py27-libxml2 python27 bzip2 db46 gdbm readline sqlite3
> rarian getopt gdk-pixbuf2 jasper jpeg libpng tiff shared-mime-info
> xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXext xorg-libX11
> xorg-bigreqsproto xorg-inputproto xorg-kbproto xorg-libXau xorg-xproto
> xorg-libXdmcp xorg-libxcb xorg-libpthread-stubs xorg-xcb-proto
> xorg-util-macros xorg-xcmiscproto xorg-xextproto xorg-xf86bigfontproto
> xorg-xtrans xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-renderproto
> xrender xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXi xorg-libXinerama
> xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto libart_lgpl libcroco
> libgsf gconf dbus-glib dbus orbit2 libidl policykit eggdbus gnome-vfs
> desktop-file-utils popt gnome-mime-data libbonobo python26 w3m boehmgc
> libopenraw boost icu libspiro lua openexr ilmbase gsed lcms libexif
> libgnomeui libbonoboui libgnome esound audiofile libgnomecanvas libglade2
> libgnome-keyring gnome-keyring libgcrypt libgpg-error libtasn1 xorg-libsm
> xorg-libice libmng libwmf poppler openjpeg poppler-data py26-gtk py26-cairo
> py26-numpy atlas gcc44 gmp mpfr gzip texinfo fftw-3 py26-nose
> py26-distribute py26-gobject libffi
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
> lap-lin-09-246:~ aba-sah$ port installed
> The following ports are currently installed:
>  emacs-app @23.2_1 (active)
>  expat @2.0.1_1
>  ncurses @5.7_1 (active)
>  ncursesw @5.7_1 (active)
> lap-lin-09-246:~ aba-sah$
>
> ****************
> On 18/02/2011 13:58, Andrea D'Amore wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Aba-Sah Dadzie<a.dadzie at dcs.shef.ac.uk>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> This is the last thing I tried. Which also failed. The output I copied
>>> into
>>> my mail from the terminal are the results from the uninstall.
>>
>>  From uninstall instructions:
>> "If you need to uninstall MacPorts, and your port command is
>> functioning, first uninstall all the installed ports"
>>
>> your port command isn't functioning so if you still intend to wipe out
>> current installation skip the uninstall part and go to the remove
>> part.
>>
>>
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