December 2006 - macports-users - lists.macosforge.org

upgrading scrollkeeper fails
by McGarry Vince 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Scrollkeeper does not activate with the following error: ---> Activating scrollkeeper 0.3.14_2 Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/ var/lib/scrollkeeper/am/scrollkeeper_cl.xml already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port scrollkeeper. Warning: the following items did not execute (for scrollkeeper): com.apple.activate Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. Upgrade went smoothly until this point. Any suggestions? Vince McGarry

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my first port - how to
by John Owens 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

Greetings, I'm attempting to write my first port. Writing the portfile is not too difficult, as there's lots of good examples. However, actually making it install is a lot tougher. I am making it work by: - adding the portfile in the right place in /opt/local - changing the portindex file to add the port info manually (and making up a number for it) However, these things seem really kludgey. Is it not possible to have a local portfile somewhere and install it using a command line "port" command? That would seem much better, but I can't find any documentation on how that's done. (For instance, there's a local "~/.portsrc" file? but I can't find any docs on it.) I think this is the sort of thing that really ought to be on the wiki - the barrier to entry of adding a portfile is really very high, and a short guide would be helpful. What it should say: - "So you've written a Portfile. Here's how you test it locally." - "Here's how you prevent it from being clobbered when you selfupdate." - "Here's where you put it if you're testing it locally, and want to leave it local for a while." - "Your Portfile is awesome. It works. Here's how to add it to the MacPorts repository." - "... and here's how you update it." - "Your Portfile probably has lots of dependencies. Here's how you tell what they are." - "Here are naming conventions for ports." etc. Especially the first one right now would be very useful for me. JDO

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php5 port whith rrdtool extension support
by mac＠the-evangelist.info 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

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macports address not working
by Yves de Champlain 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Hi I can't connect to mail.opendarwin.org since a few days. Did I miss something ? yves yves(a)gnu-darwin.org

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xsane
by Michael Thon 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

I successfully installed xsane and it recognized my scanner but the scanned images are full of artifacts - wide vertical lines and spots. I also got xsane working in ubuntu linux, installed in Parallels and it works fine. I compared the contents of the files / opt/local/etc/sane.d/umax* (its a umax scanner) to their counterparts in ubuntu and they seem the same. Is anyone using xsane successfully and does anyone have ideas what the problem is? Mike

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Subject: python24 fails to activate
by Markos Kapes 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

On trying to install Python24 on my new macbook, running 10.4.8, with no python ports installed except apple's standard 2.3 framework, I get: ---> Fetching python24 ---> Attempting to fetch Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 from http:// www.python.org//ftp/python/2.4.3/ ---> Verifying checksum(s) for python24 ---> Extracting python24 ---> Applying patches to python24 ---> Configuring python24 ---> Building python24 with target all ---> Staging python24 into destroot ---> Installing python24 2.4.3_1+darwin_8 ---> Activating python24 2.4.3_1+darwin_8 Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: /Applications/ DarwinPorts/MacPython/BuildApplet.app/Contents/Info.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port python24. Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. I noticed a similar thread a year ago & did port sync port clean --all python24 etc as the posts suggested, but still the same problem Any help most appreciated. --mk

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Gnumeric fails to load
by Watson Ladd 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

After installing gnumeric, typing gnumeric at a Xterm results in nothing happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Watson Ladd -- They who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty or Safety --Benjamin Franklin

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Re: Install issues
by Marshall Rodriquez 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Forgive the history being missing Ok, once I installed the X11User.pkg I was able to proceed and install glut without issue, but fox still didn't go. I went to the site and found that 1.6.2 is the current stable version, and DP is trying to download 1.2.13. I'm presuming the problem is that this version isn't available anymore, leading to the error out. I'm guessing the next thing to try is contacting the maintainer of the port, but how would I find out who that is? Marshall Rodriquez

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iTerm update
by Luís Beça 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Can any one please update iTerm 0.8.2 to 0.9.3 and add a Portuguese aspell dict? Many thanks in advance. Cheers Luís Beça

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Re: iTerm and Zsh
by Une Bévue 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Le jeudi 6 déc. 06 19:06 à 22:59, Charlie Allom a écrit : > > please use Google. > does this means the mailing list isn't the right place to speak about a MacPorts project ? YT

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