Also sprach Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@macports.org>:
I'm new to both MacOS and MacPorts, and I think I completely screwed up something. Perhaps someone can help me.
Currently, I can install console apps, that is, "port install minicom" installed lots of libraries as well as minicom, without problems.
When I try to install xaw3d (which I need for xemacs), I get:
---> Configuring Xaw3d Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: xmkmf failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_X aw3d/work/xc/lib/Xaw3d" && xmkmf " returned error 1 Command output: mv -f Makefile Makefile.bak imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config Imakefile.c:16: error: Imake.tmpl: No such file or directory imake: Exit code 1. Stop.
I do not have the mentioned directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config".
If you installed X11, MacPorts should not have installed XFree86. The XFree86 port is designed to detect an existing Apple X11 installation and issue warnings and abort.
I do have /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config on my system. It was provided by Apple's X11 (or the X11SDK, I'm not sure).
If you don't mind starting over, it would be clearest if you would remove MacPorts and try again.
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/ FAQ#HowdoIremoveoruninstallMacPorts
Since you now have the current version of Xcode, and X11User.pkg and X11SDK.pkg, MacPorts should detect this and use this instead of trying to build XFree86.
That solved it, thanks. I had to reinstall X11.app from my MacOS-DVD, and that recreated the missing directory. Then I removed MacPorts as described in the wiki, and now it works perfectly.