ImageMagick 6.3.8

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 14, 2008, at 07:31, Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote:

> On Feb 13, 2008, at 15:23, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Feb 12, 2008, at 10:39, Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to get ImageMagick running so that I may use the  
>>> module for Gallery. I've run into some problem with the  
>>> ImageMagick install.
>>>
>>> I am running a Macintosh eMac 10.4.11
>>>
>>> ImageMagic is fetched, verified, extracted, etc, but when  
>>> MacPorts attempts to activate ImageMagick, the following message  
>>> appears:
>>>
>>> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/ 
>>> local/bin/animate already exists and does not belong to a  
>>> registered port.  Unable to activate port ImageMagick.
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>>
>>> Any ideas for correcting this?
>>
>> It sounds like you may have previously had ImageMagick installed  
>> and then uninstalled it, but when you uninstalled it, you used  
>> "sudo port uninstall imagemagick" instead of "sudo port uninstall  
>> ImageMagick" (note the case), and so, ImageMagick was not in fact  
>> uninstalled properly because of this bug:
>>
>> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/11759
>>
>> And now you are trying to install ImageMagick again and it's  
>> complaining because the items that it wants to install are still  
>> there from the last time. The solution is to force the activation:
>>
>> sudo port -f activate ImageMagick
>>
>> This will print out lots of messages about all the existing files  
>> that it's moving out of the way. You could then delete those files  
>> later if you wanted to, or you could leave them; the only harm  
>> they'll do is take up a little disk space.
>>
>> To avoid problems, when using port commands, make sure to specify  
>> the port name using the exact same capitalization as shown by  
>> "port info".
>
> Hello Ryan -
> Yes, you hit it exactly. I read the ticket, and that is exactly  
> what happened.
> So, I used
> sudo port -f activate ImageMagick
> and got the message:
>
> --->  The following versions of ImageMagick are currently installed:
> --->    ImageMagick @6.3.6-0_0+darwin_8
> --->    ImageMagick @6.3.6-4_0+darwin_8
> --->    ImageMagick @6.3.8-6_0+q16
> Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: Please specify the  
> full version as recorded in the port registry.

Ah, ok, you have 3 versions of ImageMagick installed. In that case,  
you need to tell it which one you want to activate, e.g. with:

sudo port -f activate ImageMagick @6.3.8-6_0+q16


> I tried to find the exact full version name through    port info
> and got this message:
>
> Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not  
> find Portfile in /Users/myname").
> Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
> To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
> (you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
> outdated or installed expands to no ports).
> Error: Unable to open port: Could not find Portfile in /Users/madmin
>
>
> where /Users/myname is my admin account name. [snip]

Well the full version name of the three installed versions was  
already printed out above by the failed "sudo port -f activate  
ImageMagick" command. You wouldn't see it in "port info". The above  
message is normal, by the way, because you didn't tell it what port  
you wanted to get info on. :) You probably meant to say:

port info ImageMagick

But that'll just tell you what version of ImageMagick is currently  
available and what variants you can select. It doesn't tell you which  
version you have installed or which variants you selected.