Error setting python34 to python

Thad Humphries thad.humphries at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 14:09:17 PST 2014


Ticket #41146 (https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41146) says this is fixed,
that that has not been my experience today. As you can see from the
terminal clips below, I cannot set python34 to python. I am running MacOS
10.9.2.


$ sudo port install python34
--->  Computing dependencies for python34
--->  Fetching archive for python34
--->  Attempting to fetch python34-3.4.0rc2_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from
http://packages.macports.org/python34
--->  Attempting to fetch python34-3.4.0rc2_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160
from http://packages.macports.org/python34
--->  Installing python34 @3.4.0rc2_0
--->  Activating python34 @3.4.0rc2_0

To make python 3.4 the default (i.e. the version you get when you run
'python'),
please run:

sudo port select --set python python34

--->  Cleaning python34
--->  Updating database of binaries: 100.0%
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors: 100.0%
--->  No broken files found.

$ sudo port select --set python python34
Selecting 'python34' for 'python' failed: could not create new link
"/opt/local/bin/pythonw": target "/opt/local/bin/pythonw3.4" doesn't exist

$ port -v installed python34
The following ports are currently installed:
  python34 @3.4.0rc2_0 (active) platform='darwin 13' archs='x86_64'


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