Questions tagged [macports]
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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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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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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apache2 VirtualHost in Mac OS X home directory
I am running Macports apache2 on Mac OS X 10.5. Whenever I configure a virtual host in the default folder, it works, however when I configure the virtual host in my home directory I get a "403 ...
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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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MacPorts Invalid Entry
I am stuck upgrading my MacPorts. I seem to have a registry issue. I filed a ticket here. When I do sudo port upgrade outdated I get these errors:
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.uninstall (iso-codes)
-...
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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 don'...
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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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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 my ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I seem to have wrong Mac Ports after upgrading to Snow Leopard
I upgraded recently to Snow Leopard but used Time Machine wich was in Leopard. Time Machine asked to copy everything from old machine and I said yes.
How I seem to be having trouble installing Ruby ...
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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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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 /Users/...
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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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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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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 ./../fast_vector_property_map....
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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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`which python` points to the python I want, but `python` runs the wrong version
I want to use python24 provided by ports, so I've installed it, and python_select -s shows that the version I want is indeed selected. Running which python gives /opt/local/bin/python, and running /...
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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 installed:...
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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 version.
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port command of MacPorts not found when trying to install wine
I'm an absolute terminal noob (the wine installation process was my first ever time opening it) so its probably a simple fix. that being said I will need any answer broken down to its simplest ...
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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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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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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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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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Macports to Homebrew conflicts?
I am currently using MacPorts on Lion but thinking of switching to Homebrew.
There is a suggestion that installing to /usr/local causes
problems and ~/.homebrew would be an alternative. Can I ...
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Macports Apache not starting at Mac OSN Snow Leopard boot
Macports Apache2 is not starting at Mac OSX Snow Leopard boot. I've done the launchctl load command, the symlinks point to my
/opt/local//etc/LaunchDaemeons/org.macports.apache2/org.macports.apache2....
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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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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: org.macports....
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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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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 ...
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"whereis" and "which" return different paths in Mac OS X
I've got the default OpenSSL 9.8 (Mac OS X 10.6.8) and decided to install the newest version (1.0.1) via MacPorts (sudo port install openssl).
These are console output of which and whereis commands:
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Update Apache using MacPorts on OS X Lion Server (10.7.4)
I would like to update the existing Apache software to version 2.2.22 (currently running version 2.2.21). I would like to use Macports but I am open to suggestions. Whenever I try to install it, ...
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Install vim with clipboard support using Macports in OS X 10.7.3
I know that one can pass ./configure some flags to install vim with clipboard support. I want to do this via Macports.
In apt, there was a way to download a package's source without first installing ...
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Where is my new Subversion when installing from MacPorts?
On my MacBook, the default SVN client was the version 1.4, and I installed subversion (ver. 1.7) from MacPorts. But when I run svn from terminal, it still launches the old SVN 1.4.
echo $PATH gives /...
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MacPort and LaunchAgent without sudo
I'm running Snow Leopard and am trying to install Wine.
To keep things simple, I'm trying to install Wine using MacPorts.
My MacPorts is local to ~/opt/local/.
However, one of the required packages ...
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Homebrew vs Fink vs Macports? [closed]
I am using Fink to install Unix apps on my mac, I just came across Homebrew and saw some good reviews about Homebrew.
So, my question is:
What package manager do you guys use for Mac?
I use Fink ...
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Best way to run MacPorts Install Script (Sudo keeps timing out)
I started a new job that mostly uses Ubuntu, and has an apt-get based boostrap script for bash. I've renamed the packages as appropriate from MacPorts, but some of the programs take long enough to ...
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How to reinstall Perl on OS X
I accidentally deleted the /System/Library/Perl/ folder. Now I am not be able to run any of my projects.
How can I reinstall Perl on OS X?
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Can't install lua on Mac 10.6.4
I uccessfully installed MacPorts on Mac 10.6.4 but I can't install lua. I know MacPorts is installed because from my Administrator account I can successfully execute 'port selfupdate' and 'port search ...
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macports issue for local portfile
I have got my files from here: https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/devel/subversion?rev=80777
- placed them under a similar folder tree, cd'ed into there and ran
gigi-kents-system-product-...
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Can I delete opt/local/bin?
I've removed Macports because of library conflicts and use Homebrew now. And I'm having issues with Openssl and in my opt/local/bin folder, there's openssl, oldOpenssl and oldOpenssl2 which I'd like ...
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How to use macport to install software?
$ sudo port install linkchecker
---> Computing dependencies for openssl
---> Verifying checksum(s) for openssl
Error: No checksum set for openssl-1.0.0f.tar.gz
Error: Target org.macports....