March 2008 - macports-users - lists.macosforge.org

Shouldn't Python stdlib C extensions be in lib-dynload rather than site-packages?
by Brett Hoerner 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Is there a reason standard Python C modules such as _hashlib.so are dropped into the site-packages directory when installed? I realize this doesn't matter for most uses, as the module is eventually found on the path regardless, but it can cause bugs on the edge. I just hit a problem when attempting to use virtualenv [1] with the MacPorts Python. It symlinks the basic stdlib modules and directories like lib-dynload, re, csv, etc so you can have a virtual Python working directory and even install other modules (even eggs) there, etc. The problem is, it fails to import hashlib because it should be found in lib-dynload but it rather in site-packages with the other "user-installed" modules. Anyways, it works fine after I symlink the packages into lib-dynload, but this might be something to fix in MacPorts regardless, no? Thanks, Brett [1] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv

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mysql5 vs. mysql5-devel
by Chris Janton 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

I a merely an egg. I have mysql5 installed and working just fine port install mysql5 +server I am curious about how I would go about installing, using, and/or switching back and forth if I did port install mysql5-devel Do I need to deactivate/stop mysql5 first? Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks. 8) ---------------------------------- Chris Janton - face at CentosPrime dot COM Netminder for Opus1.COM

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Re: Uninstalling ports & meaning of install variants
by Ryan Schmidt 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Don't forget to Reply All so that your reply also goes to the mailing list. My replies are inline below. On Mar 25, 2008, at 22:42, istojic(a)gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for your answers, Ryan. > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> To uninstall a port foo, type "sudo port uninstall foo". >> >> There is a bug where the files will not be properly uninstalled if >> you specify the case of the port name incorrectly. For example, if >> you install the port ImageMagick, but then say "sudo port uninstall >> imagemagick" (instead of "sudo port uninstall ImageMagick") the files >> will remain. > > I performed the uninstall logged in as root, but otherwise the > instruction matched what you suggested along with the correct > case. Are there any other bugs that would cause the files to remain? Not that I'm aware of, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. > I had read that files would remain if they are dependencies for > other ports. If another port has a library or runtime dependency on the one you are trying to uninstall, MacPorts will prevent you from uninstalling the port. >> "sudo port install php5" installs a basic command-line version of >> php5 with features most users will want. "sudo port install php5 >> +apache2" installs command-line and apache2 versions of php5. "sudo >> port install php5 +apache2 +fastcgi +mysql5" installs command-line >> and apache2 and fastcgi versions of php5 which also include mysql5 >> support. None of the variants of the php5 port modify your php.ini, >> but there's also nothing that needs to be done to the php.ini to for >> example activate mysql5 support. It's not like on Windows where you >> need to load a separate DLL. When you select the +mysql5 variant, >> mysql5 support is simply built into the php5 library and/or binary. >> Does that explain it? > > I'm still a bit confused. When I attempted to select the variants, > it did things like create an apache directory with its own bin > directory (apachectl, httpd, etc), httpd.conf, etc. This to me > seems more like a duplicate installation of apache than it is > compiling the appropriate PHP modules for apache. Does this make > sense or am I explaining what I'm seeing poorly? The php5 port does not install a directory called apache. The apache2 port does install a directory called apache2; maybe that's what you mean. If you install php5 +apache2, the apache2 port is built and installed for you (if you had not already done so). MacPorts is designed to use its own software, not Apple's software; see the FAQ for why. php5 +apache2 also builds and installs an apache2-compatible php5 module into that apache2 directory.

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using an http proxy?
by Daniel Lord 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

My place of employment has everything locked down except for port 80 so I have to use an http proxy. I can use curl from the command line with the proxy option so I know it should work for Macports, but a web search and the reading of the Macport Wiki, FAQ and other docs has not shown that Macports can take advantage of the proxy option for libCURL or the curl command. I have used the libCURL library using the libCURL proxy facility to fetch http data with C++, so I know the proxy can work through both the library and the command. I suppose I could look around in the source and hack it to use a proxy option is an arbitrarily named (by me) proxy file exists and using the proxy for the curl command invocation. But then it would break on Macports updates. Is there an 'official' way to do this? One that should hold up through Macport updates? Daniel LOrd

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Re: gnuplot not plotting
by dushanm＠spinn.net 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Rainer M?ller <raimue(a)macports.org> wrote: >Alejandro Aragon wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I installed gnuplot the other day and then I tried to plot something >> and it didn't work. Then I figured that the installed gnuplot starts >> without any terminal: >> >> Terminal type set to 'unknown' >> >> so if I choose a different terminal, like "set terminal x11" then it >> plots fine. Is this because of a bug in the installation??? It's >> probably nothing but I wanted to let you know about this problem. > > Do you have aquaterm installed? I also have run into even more vexing problems with gnuplot (version 4.2.2 to use with Octave) and it occured to me that it might be useful to mention them here. In a nutshell: On a Mac Pro under X.4.11, exporting GNUTERM=aqua|x11 (the '|' is an 'or') failed to produce a plot window. Neither it nor error message appeared. Nothing worked until I created the file '~/.MacOSX/environment.plist' holding the GNUTERM variable and its value. So far only the value 'x11' works, with gnuplot opening in an X11 window. Without my having installed AquaTerm separately from what came with Octave (e.g. from MacPorts), set- ting the value to 'aqua' produces nothing. I don't know how relevant this is to the gnuplot problems discussed here, but if there is interest I can forward my latest email exchange with Thomas Treichl on the Octave list. - Dushan Mitrovich

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is the avahi user creation supposed to be part of installing avahi?
by paul beard 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

[/opt/local/etc]# avahi-daemon Failed to find user 'avahi'. None of the stuff that runs on top of avahi will run, for obvious reasons. should there a stanza like this pre-activate { addgroup messagebus adduser messagebus gid=[existsgroup messagebus] realname=Message\ Bus } in the Portfile? -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <paulbeard@gmail.com/paulbeard@mac.com>

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Re: Re: is the avahi user creation supposed to be part of
by Nehemiah Dacres 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

why are you installing avahi?it already says on their Track that avahi is an implimentation of mDNS. having 2 of those on the same machine would clearly be a problem, simply use Bonjour. The Avahi mac people will simply have to make their avahi damon work around Bonjour becasue removing bonjour will most likely break mac os functionality. -- "lalalalala! it's not broken because I can use it" http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194281&threshold=1&commentsort=0&…

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Re: gnuplot not plotting
by Ryan Schmidt 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

On Mar 24, 2008, at 20:37, Alejandro Aragon wrote: > On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:30 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On Mar 24, 2008, at 20:23, Alejandro Aragon wrote: >> >>> On Mar 24, 2008, at 6:40 PM, skip(a)pobox.com wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Alejandro> garyw:~ aaragon$ sudo port install aquaterm >>>> ---> Activating aquaterm 1.0.1_0 >>>> Alejandro> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image >>>> error: /Library/ >>>> Alejandro> Frameworks/AquaTerm.framework/AquaTerm already exists >>>> and does not >>>> Alejandro> belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port >>>> aquaterm. >>>> Alejandro> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. >>>> >>>> Alejandro> What does it mean? >>>> >>>> To me it means try this: >>>> >>>> sudo rm -r /Library/Frameworks/AquaTerm.framework/Aquaterm >>>> sudo port install aquaterm >>>> >>>> :-) >>> >>> I cannot do that, can I? Probably that framework is used by the >>> system. >> >> Nope, that's part of AquaTerm, which is not made by Apple. >> >> More probably, you installed AquaTerm either manually, or with >> MacPorts before, then removed MacPorts without first uninstalling >> AquaTerm, then reinstalled MacPorts, so that it now has no idea >> that it previously installed these files. > > That's exactly what I did! How do I fix it? The AquaTerm framework > is dated March 19th, and the most recent gnuplot installation March > 20th. I was having some issues with macports when compiling the > boost library so I uninstalled thinking that the problem may be a > bad installation. Should I remove completely that directory and try > the AquaTerm installation again? Yes, just like Skip said: sudo rm -r /Library/Frameworks/AquaTerm.framework/Aquaterm sudo port install aquaterm You could also just tell MacPorts to force the installation: sudo port -f install aquaterm For any file that MacPorts wants to install that already exists, it will first rename the existing file, and tell you about it. You can then manually remove those renamed files later if you want.

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gnuplot not plotting
by Alejandro Aragon 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Hi everyone, I installed gnuplot the other day and then I tried to plot something and it didn't work. Then I figured that the installed gnuplot starts without any terminal: Terminal type set to 'unknown' so if I choose a different terminal, like "set terminal x11" then it plots fine. Is this because of a bug in the installation??? It's probably nothing but I wanted to let you know about this problem. aa

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manually downloaded sources
by Сергей Карелин 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

HI! How to port manually downloaded source tar-balls? It seems to be very simple but I can't find out any information on this. And something else. Installing from MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg without runninginternet connection result in error. This makes some inconvenience, because user have to define environment paths manually.

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