Installing recoll on mac os x

[james collins]

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On Jul 30, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

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> On Jul 30, 2011, at 19:07, james collins wrote:
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>> I am thinking of reinstalling my operating system. I think I am making this harder than it should be?
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> Something is definitely harder than it should be here, but I don't know yet what. Reinstalling the operating system is a pretty drastic step, but of course also doesn't erase the hard drive, so if there is a setting that is causing MacPorts to misbehave, there's no guarantee reinstalling the OS would change that.
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>> If I started fresh all I should have to do is install macports and then run sudo port install recoll?
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>> Like I don't have to download recoll or edit the configuration file?
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> Correct.
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>> The reason I am going to reinstall my operating system is because I have installed and uninstalled macports like 5 times.
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>> I wondered if I reinstall macports will it overide previous versions?
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> Yes, but it will not overwrite your MacPorts configuration files. Which is why I asked if there was any change in them. But if you followed the uninstall instructions before, which included deleting /opt/local completely, then any old config files would have been wiped out as well.
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>> And I also wondered why my installer didn't install to /opt/local ?
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> The MacPorts disk image installer does install MacPorts into /opt/local; there is no option for it to do anything else.

I see the folder for macports in /opt/local/etc

But no folder in /opt/local

And then there is files in like /opt/local/var etc.

That is why I say macports is in /opt/local/etc

And I am getting another error regarding xapian-core

And I can't find xapian-core on my computer?

Should macports have installed it?
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