Error installing ncurses (haven't updated in a LONG time)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 3, 2012, at 21:50, G R Lewis wrote:

> --->  Activating perl5 @5.12.4_0+perl5_12
> Error: org.macports.activate for port perl5 returned: Image error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate perl5' to force the activation.

Deactivate the perl5.8 port:

sudo port -f deactivate perl5.8

Then the upgrade should proceed normally (until the next error).