#30071: dbus cannot install without root privileges -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: etlverified@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: | Port: -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- I have installed macports without root privileges by configuring it with "--with-no-root-privileges --with-install-user=$USER". This is an important use case; a number of developers at my company use macports this way (no root access). I've found that a large number of useful packages depend on dbus (e.g. qt4-mac), which fails to install without root privileges: ---> Activating dbus @1.4.12_0 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: error copying "/Users/etl/macports/var/macports/software/dbus/1.4.12_0/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop .dbus-session.plist" to "/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus- session.plist": permission denied Error: Failed to install dbus Could you please make the dbus port somehow install when macports is not configured for root access? Something like qt4-mac is just a library; it shouldn't need administrator privileges to be installed. Similarly, pretty much every app from the GNOME desktop depends on dbus. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30071> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS