<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,&nbsp;<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m pretty new to using MacPorts and the command line in general, so I’m hoping this is an easy fix for someone who knows what they’re doing. So far, I’ve had success installing fun ports that weren’t my main goal (like the ports “figlet” and “add”), but the ones I can’t install are “Pallet” and "auto-multiple-choice” (which is the one I really want). I’m not sure exactly what information is necessary for someone to diagnose the problem, but I am more than happy to provide whatever can help explain the situations better.&nbsp;<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><u class="">Problem 1</u>: (If they aren’t related and only one problem gets fixed, I would like it to be this one!) Here is the error output when I enter the command "<font face="Menlo" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11px;">sudo port -d install auto-multiple-choice</span></font>”:<div class=""><br class=""></div></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">DEBUG: couldn't open "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice/work/.macports.auto-multiple-choice.state": permission denied</div></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; while executing</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"open $statefile a+"</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; (procedure "open_statefile" line 124)</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"open_statefile"</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; (procedure "check_variants" line 29)</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"check_variants activate"</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"$workername eval check_variants $target"</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; (procedure "mportexec" line 7)</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"mportexec $workername $target"</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice/work/.macports.auto-multiple-choice.state": permission denied</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">It turns out that the file it can’t open doesn’t exist. Any ideas?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><u class="">Problem 2</u>: Incidentally, I get a different error when I try to install Pallet ("<font face="Menlo" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11px;">sudo port -d install Pallet</span></font>”):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">The following build commands failed:</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>CompileC build/MacPorts.Framework.build/Release/MPHelperTool.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/MPHelperTool.o MPHelperTool.m normal x86_64 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">(1 failure)</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_MacPorts_Framework/MacPorts_Framework/work/MacPorts_Framework" &amp;&amp; /usr/bin/xcodebuild&nbsp; -target "MacPorts" -configuration Release build OBJROOT=build/ SYMROOT=build/ MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.10 ARCHS=x86_64 SDKROOT="" GCC_VERSION=com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0 CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY="libc++"&nbsp;</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Exit code: 65</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Error: org.macports.build for port MacPorts_Framework returned: command execution failed</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">DEBUG: Error code: NONE</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">DEBUG: Backtrace: command execution failed</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; while executing</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"proc-org.macports.build-build-0 org.macports.build"</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; ("eval" body line 1)</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"eval $procedure $targetname"</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Warning: targets not executed for MacPorts_Framework: org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Error: Failed to install MacPorts_Framework</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">DEBUG: Registry error: MacPorts_Framework not registered as installed &amp; active.</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"registry_active $subport"</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; invoked from within</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">"$workername eval registry_active \$subport"</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Please see the log file for port MacPorts_Framework for details:</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp; /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_MacPorts_Framework/MacPorts_Framework/main.log</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Error: The following dependencies were not installed: MacPorts_Framework</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets" class="">http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets</a></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Menlo;">Error: Processing of port Pallet failed</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">Reading the main.log file referenced there at the end gives pretty much the same output as I’ve copied here.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks so much,</div><div class="">Brittany</div></div></div></div></body></html>