On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2009, at 20:39, Doctor Who wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >>> On Jan 18, 2009, at 20:18, Doctor Who wrote: >>> >>>> Not to be a pain, but I'm pretty new to MacPorts and I don't want to >>>> mess my system up more. Would you please outline the steps I should >>>> take one by one to (hopefully) restore my system back to 'normal'? > > I meant to say earlier, but don't feel that you're bothering us: you've > clearly found a problem and we need to first get you out of it and then > figure out how to not make it affect others. Sorry this happened; I know > it's not a pleasant experience, especially when you're just trying to get > used to MacPorts. It's not usually like this. :) > > >>> I'm not certain, as I haven't encountered this problem before. >>> >>> But my suggestion is exactly as I outlined above. >>> >>> 1. Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf and change this line: >>> >>> #binpath >>> >>> /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin >>> >>> Remove the hash at the beginning and change the order so that it reads: >>> >>> binpath >>> >>> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin >>> >>> 2. Deactivate your old gettext: >>> >>> sudo port deactivate gettext @0.17_3 >>> >>> 3. Activate your new gettext: >>> >>> sudo port activate gettext @0.17_4 >>> >>> 4. Uninstall coreutils because it is not a good idea to override the >>> default >>> Mac OS X file utilities: >>> >>> sudo port uninstall coreutils >>> >>> 5. Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/macporst.conf and put the binpath line >>> back >>> the way it was before, including the order of the paths and the hash at >>> the >>> beginning of the line. >> >> OK, when I get to the point of activating the later version of >> gettext, it's not installed: >> >> tbook:~ who$ sudo port deactivate gettext @0.17_3 >> ---> Deactivating gettext @0.17_3 >> tbook:~ who$ sudo port activate gettext @0.17_4 >> Error: port activate failed: Registry error: gettext 0.17_4 not >> registered as installed. >> >> What should I do at this point to install this version correctly? > > > Try: > > sudo port install gettext > >
Also, does removing coreutils cause a problems with paths for tools like 'ls' now? How do I fix the paths so I can use the tools again? tbook:~ who$ ls -bash: /opt/local/bin/ls: No such file or directory _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
