thanks, but now the situation is even worse: $ sudo rm -f /opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/portuninstall.tcl Password: $ sudo port -f selfupdate couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/ portuninstall.tcl": no such file or directory while executing "source /opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/portuninstall.tcl" ("package ifneeded" script) invoked from within "package_native require portuninstall 1.0" ("eval" body line 1) invoked from within "eval package_native $args" (procedure "package" line 14) invoked from within "package require portuninstall 1.0" (file "/opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/registry1.0/ registry.tcl" line 38) invoked from within "source /opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/registry1.0/registry.tcl" ("package ifneeded" script) invoked from within "package_native require registry 1.0" ("eval" body line 1) invoked from within "eval package_native $args" (procedure "package" line 14) invoked from within "package require registry 1.0" (procedure "dportinit" line 312) invoked from within "dportinit ui_options global_options global_variations" Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize ports system, couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/darwinports/Tcl/port1.0/ portuninstall.tcl": no such file or directory On Jan 5, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
On Jan 5, 2007, at 3:24 AM, Gerrit Polder wrote:
When I try to uninstall software, I get the following error:
$ sudo port uninstall ethereal Error: port uninstall failed: invalid command name "portuninstall::uninstall"
any idea whats going on?
See the last question on the FAQ at:
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