Forrest Aldrich wrote:

I'm on a Powerbook G4 with an updated OS 10.x.

I just installed MacPorts today; when I go to try and install gcc, see what happens:

root# port install gcc42 ---> Configuring gmp 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_devel_gmp/work/gmp-4.2.1"

&& ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --enable-shared --enable-cxx " returned error 1 Command output: checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.0 checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.0 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... no checking for nawk... no checking for awk... awk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking ABI=32 checking compiler gcc -O2 -force_cpusubtype_ALL -I/opt/local/include... no checking compiler cc -O2 -force_cpusubtype_ALL -I/opt/local/include... no configure: error: could not find a working compiler, see config.log for details

Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gmp libiconv gperf mpfr Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Uh, okay - there is no working compiler, because I was trying to install it to begin with ;-)

Okay, let's try a selfupdate:

forrest-aldrichs-powerbook-g4-17:~ root# port selfupdate MacPorts base version 1.5 installed Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.5 The MacPorts installation is not outdated and so was not updated selfupdate done!

Good. All is well there. Let's check to see that the info command returns the correct result:

forrest-aldrichs-powerbook-g4-17:~ root# port info gcc42 gcc42 4.2.0, lang/gcc42 (Variants: universal, darwin_8, odcctools) http://gcc.gnu.org/

The GNU compiler collection, including front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java and Fortran95.

Library Dependencies: gmp, mpfr, libiconv Platforms: darwin Maintainers: mww@macports.org

Looks good.

So, can someone explain what I may have done wrong here.

Thanks,

Forrest

You still don't have a working compiler. You need to install Apple's dev tools to obtain one. "port info gcc42" just provides the information about the port, it doesn't mean the port is installed. I know this seems counterintuitive, since MacPorts pretty much builds all of its own stuff and tries not to depend on anything Apple-installed, but Apple's gcc is one of the foundational things it needs to bootstrap itself. ---- Kevin Walzer PortAuthority: The GUI for MacPorts http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html

Forrest Aldrich wrote:

That is strange. As an alternative approach, it might be "easier" for the masses if we had a package of a bootstrapped GCC available somewhere. I imagine there must be somewhere?

I'm not aware of any such package being available anywhere. The Apple-provided developer tools (which include gcc) are a well-documented requirement to run MacPorts. And they are easy to install; they come with the installer DVD for OS X or can be downloaded for free from Apple's website. That's about as "easy for the masses" as it can get. Is there something in your setup that precludes you from installing Apple's dev tools? ---- Kevin Walzer PortAuthority: The GUI for MacPorts http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html

Forrest Aldrich wrote:

I'm new to OS X, so bare with me as I figure it all out.

Can you provide me the link to the dev tools ? We have the install DVDs at work - I'm at home today. I didn't realize these were freely available (hence my question).

Thanks.

Here's the link to Apple's developer site: http://developer.apple.com/ I think you have to sign up before you can download the dev tools, but it's free. The download is big-- > 1G. So give it some time. Once everything is installed, you should be good to go with MacPorts. ---- Kevin Walzer PortAuthority: The GUI for MacPorts http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html