Issues with libquicktime

[David Evans]

On 10/6/13 10:02 AM, bunk3m wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I did the update to Xcode 5 & installed Command Line Tools last week.
>
> Yesterday I did my occasional [code]sudo port upgrade outdated[/code]
> and for the first time had this error.  I'm not sure which of the ports
> that I have installed required libquicktime but now it requires
> libquicktime-devel.
>
> I got this error msg.
> [code]
> --->  Computing dependencies for libquicktime-devel
> Error: Unable to exec port: Can't install libquicktime-devel because
> conflicting ports are installed: libquicktime[/code]
>
> I did a clean and tried again with same error.
>
> So I thought I'd remove libquicktime and then let the upgrade proceed as
> usual.  That didn't work either.  But now I know which ports require
> libquicktime.
>
> [code]
> --->  Unable to uninstall libquicktime @1.2.4_7, the following ports
> depend on it:
> --->      mjpegtools @2.0.0_3+x11
> --->      transcode
> @1.1.7_10+a52dec+experimental+faac+freetype+full+imagemagick+libdv+libogg+libpostproc+libquicktime+libsdl+libtheora+libvorbis+libxml2+lzo+mjpegtools+x11+x264+xvid
> Error: org.macports.uninstall for port libquicktime returned: Please
> uninstall the ports that depend on libquicktime first.
> Please see the log file for port libquicktime for details:
>    
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_libquicktime_1.2.4_7/libquicktime/main.log
> Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for libquicktime @1.2.4_7
> --->  Unable to uninstall libquicktime @1.2.4_7, the following ports
> depend on it:
> --->      mjpegtools @2.0.0_3+x11
> --->      transcode
> @1.1.7_10+a52dec+experimental+faac+freetype+full+imagemagick+libdv+libogg+libpostproc+libquicktime+libsdl+libtheora+libvorbis+libxml2+lzo+mjpegtools+x11+x264+xvid
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on
> libquicktime first.
> [/code]
>
> I don't want to uninstall mjpegtools & transcode as this will cause all
> sorts of other port to require uninstalling. 
>
> How do I get the upgrade outdated to update with libquicktime rather
> than trying to install libquicktime-devel? 
>
> Also, how do I figure out which port decided it needs libquicktime-devel
> now instead of libquicktime?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> B.
> PS I'm on digest mode so please cc me directly.
>
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libquicktime is broken for now so using libquicktime-devel is the
correct solution.  You need to force the deactivation of libquicktime then
install libquicktime-devel

sudo port -f deactivate libquicktime
sudo port install libquicktime-devel

then proceed with any updates you want to make