Building cairomm (inkscape dependency) fails

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:14 PM, Jason Merrill wrote:

>> When using MacPorts it is not recommended to also use (or even have)
>> software installed in /usr/local.
>
> This sounds pretty impractical.  Until recently, I believe pdf2svg was
> not available through macports.  What is one recommended to do?

Software installed in /usr/local can and often does interfere with  
software installed using MacPorts. The only solution at this time is  
not to have software installed in /usr/local.

If software you need is not available via MacPorts, file port request  
tickets, or better yet, write ports and submit them. Portfiles are  
not hard to write, and the process is described in the Guide.

http://guide.macports.org/