yosemite and 2008/9 macbookpro compatability, macports install settings for older architecture?

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On May 28, 2015, at 9:16 AM, ^. .^ <sixmilliondollardan at gmail.com> wrote:

> when running macports to install software i get the following error
> 
> <quote>
>  Error: Cannot install ImageMagick for the arch(s) 'x86_64' because 
>  Error: its dependency libtool is only installed for the arch 'i386' 
>  Error: and the configured universal_archs 'i386 ppc' are not sufficient.
>  Error: Unable to execute port: architecture mismatch
> </quote>
> 
> 
> I found the macports.conf file and uncommented 
> build_arch   i386 
> 
> and i cleaned all. but the error remains the same.

You may have to edit macports.conf again and set "universal_archs x86_64 i386".


> this machine did not have macports on it last time around so i did not follow the whole list of migration commands. but should i?

Was MacPorts present on the machine when you upgraded to Yosemite? If so, then you should follow the migration instructions. If not, you don't have to.

vq