errors installing a port

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Jan 3, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:

> [Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> (2011-01-03 21:03:37 UTC)]
>
>> If that fails the same way, verify perl5 and perl5.8 are installed  
>> and active:
>>
>> port installed perl5.8 perl5
>>
>> If they are, you could try reinstalling them:
>>
>> sudo port -n upgrade --force perl5.8 perl5
>
> Indeed, that is almost certainly necessary. For this line appeared in
> Thomas's original report:
>
> :info:configure sh: /opt/local/bin/perl: No such file or directory
>
> which indicates that something has gone awry with his perl  
> installation.

What does the following produce for output.

$ port contents perl5

$ port contents perl5.8


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Brad