On Dec 8, 2006, at 02:40, Markos Kapes wrote:

On trying to install Python24 on my new macbook, running 10.4.8, with no python ports installed except apple's standard 2.3 framework, I get:

---> Fetching python24 ---> Attempting to fetch Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 from http:// www.python.org//ftp/python/2.4.3/ ---> Verifying checksum(s) for python24 ---> Extracting python24 ---> Applying patches to python24 ---> Configuring python24 ---> Building python24 with target all ---> Staging python24 into destroot ---> Installing python24 2.4.3_1+darwin_8 ---> Activating python24 2.4.3_1+darwin_8 Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: / Applications/DarwinPorts/MacPython/BuildApplet.app/Contents/ Info.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port python24. Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

I noticed a similar thread a year ago & did port sync port clean --all python24 etc

as the posts suggested, but still the same problem

You apparently have things at /Applications/DarwinPorts/MacPython but MacPorts doesn't think it put them there. Either manually remove them first, or use the -f flag when installing the port to force it.