ImageMagick failure to install

[VACCARI FRANCO]

Ok, I’ll delete all what I installed up to now and restart from scratch. My concern is that some packages will force the install of libgcc and some others will require libgcc-devel. Will see and report the outcome...

Thanks

Franco

> On 15 Dec 2021, at 12:51, Christopher Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> gcc-devel is the (current) preferred gcc compiler on Apple silicon at the moment, as none of the released gcc versions are fully stable on this platform. gcc-devel requires libgcc-devel as its runtime. libgcc and libgcc-devel are interchangeable, so you should remove libgcc and allow libgcc-devel to be installed instead.
> 
> Chris
> 
>> On 15 Dec 2021, at 11:37 am, VACCARI FRANCO <vaccari at units.it> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m configuring a new Mac Mini M1 running Mac OS 12.1 and Xcode 13.2, and installing the usual packages I need. When dealing with ImageMagick I get the following error:
>> 
>> mm02:~ sudo port install imagemagick      
>> --->  Computing dependencies for ImageMagick
>> Error: Can't install libgcc-devel because conflicting ports are active: libgcc
>> Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
>> Error: Processing of port imagemagick failed
>> mm02:~ 
>> 
>> I believe that deactivating libgcc would break packages already installed that depend on it. Is it so, or can I deactivate libgcc and later activate it again?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Franco
>> 
>> 
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