#48925: dbus: org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port --------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: cherryblossom.field17@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: dbus | --------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Replying to [comment:2 cherryblossom.field17@…]:
Thanks for the reply! I uninstalled everything related to MacPorts on my laptop. (I had to use the bulky code at the bottom of the page.) It doesn't seem as if anything related to dbus remains anywhere on my Mac. I also deleted the MacPorts installation package. I should add that several things under MacPorts, like Python, were installed in another folder on my MacBook, which I only found using Launchpad.
What other folder was that?
As to why this file already exists on my system, I can think of a few reasons. I accidentally installed MacPorts the wrong way at first (i.e. before installing XCode and the command line) and tried installing GIMP on my laptop. I thought that this was the source of my problems, so I uninstalled MacPorts and deleted XCode, which I had installed too late in the game. When I made sure that there was nothing related to either on my laptop, I reinstalled/redownloaded everything the right way. It finally seemed as if GIMP would be installed properly, but I started getting these error messages, so I kind of got desperate and uninstalled and reinstalled MacPorts on my laptop several times. I don't know whether these have had any effect on what's been happening.
What should I do now?
If you had the dbus port installed, and then you uninstalled MacPorts by using the "rm -rf ..." command to remove the MacPorts files, without having first run "sudo port uninstall installed" or "sudo port uninstall "dbus", that could explain the situation you're in. So if you think that's likely to have happened, then you can just delete the file /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist or let MacPorts rename it by running "sudo port -f activate dbus". -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48925#comment:3> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X