Following on from #14211, I installed the py25 parts but on 10.5.2 PPC it still fails [mac27:/etc] root# port install inkscape ---> Configuring scrollkeeper Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_scrollkeeper/work/scrollkeeper-0.3.14" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --with-omfdirs=/opt/local/share/omf --with-xml-catalog=/opt/local/etc/xml/catalog " returned error 1 Command output: checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking dlfcn.h usability... yes checking dlfcn.h presence... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for strip... strip checking for objdir... .libs checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 option to produce PIC... -fno-common checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 PIC flag -fno-common works... yes checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 static flag -static works... no checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 supports -c -o file.lo... yes checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes checking whether the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... unsupported checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin9.2.0 dyld checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes creating libtool checking for intltool >= 0.28... 0.28 found checking for perl... (cached) no configure: error: perl not found; required for intltool Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gnome-vfs gconf gtk2 gtk-doc scrollkeeper pango intltool gnome-common orbit2 libidl gnome-mime-data gtkmm cairomm glibmm libsigcxx2 libcroco libgnomeprintui gnome-icon-theme icon-naming-utils p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-xml-simple p5-test-simple p5-test-harness p5-xml-namespacesupport p5-xml-sax libgnomecanvas gail libart_lgpl libglade2 libgnomeprint libgnomecups Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. [mac27:/etc] root# -- --- Barry McInnes 325 Broadway Boulder CO 80304 (303)4976231 barry.j.mcinnes@noaa.gov ---