update

James Linder jam at tigger.ws
Sun Mar 4 02:55:06 PST 2012


On 03/03/2012, at 10:41 PM, Daniel Ericsson wrote:

> On 3 mar 2012, at 14:07, James Linder wrote:
> 
>> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port dbus. Use 'port -f activate dbus' to force the activation.
> 
> As the log says it's not actually gnome-terminal that fails but the activation of one of it's dependencies, 'dbus'. It seems you have a lingering 'org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist' file from a previous install. I would do as the log suggests and force the activation with 'port -f activate dbus'.
> 
> If you moved your /opt/local this is not surprising. If you get any more errors, try to see if they are of the same variety, ie. a file already present but outside of /opt/local and it should be safe to force the activation.

Hi Daniel
I don't understand this, you certainly do, gnome-terminal built sweetly, so thanks lots
James



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