Macports Drush Conflict

Question

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

There's only one blog I can find about a fix for this (here):

$ sudo port deactivate php5
$ sudo port install drush
$ sudo port deactivate php52
$ sudo port activate php5
$ sudo pear install Console_Table-1.1.3
$ drush

However for me: sudo port deactivate php5 gives:

Error: port deactivate failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on php5 first

Any other ideas?

...I'd prefer not to go the Homebrew route as everything else I have installed via Macports.

I believe the version of Drupal I need to use is 6, but sudo port install drush +drupal6 returned the same conflict as above.

Answer 1

no need to go to Homebrow ...

To find the port depending on php5 , use port echo depends:php5.

This may be because of a leaf, try port echo leaves and if not necessary port uninstall leaves.

If all this did not solve your problem, You can try this :

sudo port uninstall php5
sudo port install php52
sudo port install drush

Otherwise try installing a variant of drushusing the following command :

sudo port install drush +drupal5 or sudo port install drush +drupal6.

Answer 2

My solution was to use the Pear channel:

pear channel-discover pear.drush.org
pear install drush/drush