MacPorts is a package management tool for OS X, which provides many third party applications the operating system doesn't ship with.
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Mysql Server cannot start on Mac OS 10.8
I have installed MySQL server 5 through Macport on OS X v10.8.3 computer. Then followed the instruction on webpage http://2tbsp.com/content/install_and_configure_mysql_5_macports?page=1 to set it ...
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Macports installed applications no longer showing up
I recently migrated my shell over to zsh from bash on my os x computer. I obtained zsh from macports, updated my default shell on os x, and restarted. When I tried to use port both shells said they ...
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Fail to load php module macports
I'm trying to install php module via macports. I have them installed, so I run
cd /opt/local/apache2/modules
sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs -a -e -n "php5" mod_php54.so
Then I'll ensure myself, ...
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Unable to update MacPort
I am experiencing some issue when selfupdating macport. When I run sudo port -d selfupdate, I get
/usr/bin/cc -dynamiclib -g -O2 -Wextra -Wall -pedantic -Wl,-single_module registry.o util.o ...
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installing qt-x11 on macports failed
I'm trying to install qt4-x11 on OSX Lion 10.7.5. 'port install qt4-x11' failed and I checked the log it says:
:info:configure Creating qmake. Please wait...
:info:configure /usr/bin/clang++ -c -o ...
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Unable to enter data into cells in sc
I'm trying to use sc, the classic Unix spreadsheet calculator, mainly because I want to be able to look at some csv files nicely formatted in my terminal. I installed sc 7.16 but am seeing some ...
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running python via mac ports
I have installed python via mac ports, using:
sudo port install python33
I then did:
sudo port select --set python python33
and got:
Selecting 'python33' for 'python' succeeded. 'python33' is ...
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Installing ruby19 with +nosuffix still leaves the suffix
Following the advice found in many places, I tried to install Ruby 1.9 without a suffix using this command:
sudo port install ruby19 +nosuffix
This still leaves the suffix "1.9" on the binary; ...
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Macports “port uninstall” does nothing [closed]
I've been trying to remove several ports with commands like this:
sudo port uninstall --follow-dependents ruby1.9
This seems to do nothing. There is no notification of either success or error, and ...
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Unable to execute port when installing ImageMagick
I'm trying to install ImageMagick by using MacPorts. I've successfully installed MacPorts by using their Mountain Lion .pkg file.
I open the terminal and run:
sudo port install ImageMagick
However ...
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Should I be concerned about Homebrew changing permissions on system directories? [closed]
I see there are a few package managers for the Mac from this question.
Apple / Mac OS X - Is there a Package Manager like Linux
It looks like Homebrew is pretty good but I see it wants to change ...
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MacPorts Vim prefixes $PATH with /etc/paths
For some reason it seems that vim (installed through macports: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Feb 25 2013 01:56:26) prefixes my $PATH variable with the /etc/paths files.
Although I ...
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moc (music on console) and OSX
I'm trying to use moc on OSX 10.8.
So I installed it from macports (with autojack and vorbis) but it refuses to start:
FATAL_ERROR: No valid sound driver
FATAL_ERROR: Server exited
I found a ...
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Macports Imagemagick Install for PHP
I'm trying to install Imagick for PHP via Macports and the PECL extension, based on the guide here:
sudo port install ImageMagick
sudo pecl install imagick
I entered the opt/local path and setup ...
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Install Play 2.0 thru macports
When I do sudo port install play my computer installs Play 1.2.5. How do I install Play 2.0 using macports? I am using Mountain Lion
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Mac — Macports/Wine errors: NCurses library and Fontconfig
I've been trying to get Wine on my Mac to run some of my old PC games.
I used Macports to install it, but it didn't work right away. I followed This
tutorial, and then looked around a bit on the web ...
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Uninstall MacPorts without Port command working on Mac OS X 10.8.2
According to MacPorts' wiki/guide you need to have a working Port command but in my case the Port command isn't working.
How do I uninstall MacPorts?
I have tried Googling the solution but what I ...
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Macports Drush Conflict
Trying to install drush (Drupal Shell) with macports I get an error:
Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install php52 because conflicting ports are installed: php5 php5-gd php5-iconv php5-mbstring
...
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macport selfupdate not working
macbookpro:~ eistrati$ port -v
MacPorts 2.1.2
macbookpro:~ eistrati$ xcodebuild -version
Xcode 4.5.2
Build version 4G2008a
macbookpro:~ eistrati$ sudo port -d selfupdate
DEBUG: Copying ...
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Problems uninstalling MacPorts
I am new to mac and OSX, and I installed MacPorts, and a few minutes later I realized that I confused it for another program that I intended to install. Now I have no idea how to uninstall it. I have ...
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Installing graph-tool with macports
I'm trying to install graph-tool for Python using MacPorts, but for some reason it is not installing. I checked the port log and found many errors like this:
:info:build ...
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Which VPN setup is iOS/Mac friendly and easy?
Normally my choice for VPN is OpenVPN which I have successfully setup before. However on iOS that is not a choice. I only see L2TP, PPTP and IPSec so I guess that I will have to learn a new way to ...
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Finder shows macports as file owner and file is locked
Running OSX/Lion, I have an external drive that I keep my iTunes music library on. While trying to figure out why ID3 changes to some music files (genre, etc) from within iTunes do not persist, I ...
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MacPorts, how to run “post-destroot” script
I'm trying to install MacPorts gdb; it seems to be poorly supported…
Running "port install" installs it to /opt/local/libexec/gnubin/gdb, but the intent doesn't seem to be to add that to $PATH. The ...
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Macports and Homebrew : find conflicting packages
Is there possibility to find out packages installed by both systems, to not have in classpath/$PATH linked two possible conflicting versions ?
Like now I've had Homebrew installed previously, and I ...
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Macports install of ack doesn't create correct executable
I am trying to install p5-app-ack port from Mac Ports, but it seems it doesn't create a /opt/local/bin/ack binary at the end:
$ sudo port search *app-ack
Password:
p5-app-ack @1.960.0 (perl)
A ...
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Where to install manual builds on OSX
I have macports installed and it's using the default /opt/local location. There are a few packages not in macports and some I tools I wrote that I put in ~/bin. I found myself needing to use these ...
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Can I use a different version of gcc inside Xcode?
I installed gcc4.7 from MacPorts and I would like to use it inside Xcode (4.5). Is there a way to achieve this setup?
Thanks
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macports apache,php,db, how do I test on another device?
My supervisor suggests using macports to install/manage different versions of apache and php, as well as both mysql and posgres databases. The idea is that we need to test our platform on different ...
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OSX MacPorts Subversion Install Error
I first installed JavaHL from Macports to enable Subclipse and I had no issues.
sudo port install subversion-javahlbindings +no_bdb +universal
Then I went to install the full Subversion Client:
...
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OSX installing php 5.4
I downloaded Macports and run a command I get online, which would install php 5.4. It took a while, but seemed to work successfully. I then copied the php.ini.development and renamed it php.ini like ...
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Macports Apache2 “Could not bind to address”
I have apache2 installed on Mac OS X 10.7.4 via macports
Recently I have not been able to access my localhost directory I get a 404, but I can access 127.0.0.1
I've tried restarting apache:
sudo ...
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Correctly Running MacPorts Gnome 2.26.x on OS X 10.6.8
I have read the official MacPorts documentation on their wiki on the topic but I still get a bunch of error messages when running it the first times. Any thoughts?
Things seem to go well for the ...
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How to change macports default mirrors?
I have a problem in here that default provided mirror connects about 15seconds for new package which I want to install. Mirror url is: http://mse.uk.packages.macports
My question is how to change ...
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Edit the command line path for an executable on OSX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are PATH and other environment variables, and how can I set or use them?
I have the default package of Ruby installed that shipped with the OS, which is an older ...
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FFmpeg (MacPorts) - libfaac missing, need new audio encoder
I am so confused.
I am trying a quite simple FFMpeg command to transcode a movie file to a x264/AAC mp4 file via the command line (for Vimeo upload). (Mountain Lion/Macports)
ffmpeg -i INPUT.AVI ...
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Mac - every command outputs 'Process completed'
(2009 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard — OS X 10.6.8)
I believe this is related to installing MacPorts today — although the other thing I did before I noticed any symptoms was install a trial of ...
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meld on OS X 10.7 doesn't work?
I'm installing meld on Mac OS 10.7 using port.
It has downloaded all dependencies and told that everything is ok:
Staging meld into destroot
Installing meld @1.5.3_0
Activating meld @1.5.3_0
...
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Is MacPorts the only thing that uses /opt/local?
The procedure for uninstalling MacPorts involves deleting many directory subtrees, including /opt/local. I was suspicious of this; the directories in /opt/local have the same names as many found in / ...
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MacPorts takes huge time and resources
I'm installing clang-3.2 and it's taken more than 1.5 hours already running at 400% (all CPU threads at 100%), and 3 GB of hard drive space... Around 20 GB has been written and deleted according to ...
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MacPorts: How do I rebuild of a specific port?
How do I force MacPorts to rebuild a specific port? I manually made a change to a MacPorts makefile to link in a specific library, but the missing symbol still cannot be found. Perhaps I need to ...
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How to remove xcode warning in macports?
I have this warning in macports:
Romans-iMac:~ holms$ sudo port -v install nginx +ssl
Error:
Error: No valid Xcode installation is properly selected.
Error: Please use xcode-select to select an ...
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Macports irssi & perl5 installation issues
Long time reader, first time poster. Big, appreciative thanks for everyone's collective questioning and answering here and at stackoverflow, it's helped me quite a lot over the time I've been learning ...
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Error during configuring kerberos5 using macports
While trying to install libmemcached via MacPorts, I hit the following issue:
libmemcached @0.40 +universal
---> Computing dependencies for libmemcached
---> Dependencies to be ...
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Macports get legacy version of node (v0.6.19)
I've had to reinstall my mac, and after my initial macports setup i found that several nodejs libs where broken by the switch to v0.7.x.
Is there a way to easily install nodejs v0.6-latest on a mac?
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Installing ffmpeg-devel with MacPorts fails
I did a selfupdate and updated all dependencies.
When I do
sudo port install ffmpeg-devel
I get
---> Computing dependencies for ffmpeg-devel
---> Building ffmpeg-devel
Error: ...
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How to delete/detect what command-line software I have installed?
On Mac OS X Terminal, I installed many terminal programs while trying to install a programming library. Now I'm wondering how I delete them. I think some of them include pip, macports, vmenven (or ...
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Where does Macports install GNU sed when I install coreutils port?
Where does Macports install the GNU sed when I install coreutils port? I want to use GNU sed instead of BSD sed on Mac OS X.
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Can I properly change pip-2.7 command to pip?
Basically trouble is that I have pip-2.7 command in terminal but not pip. First thought was sudo port select --list pip will help, but it doesn't even has that group
Romans-iMac:~ holms$ sudo port ...
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Using MacPorts within FISH shell
I have been playing around with FISH for a few days and I just tried to switch it to my main shell. That worked fine but now none of my software from MacPorts is recognized.
I installed and followed ...
