Stumped on this one, and rather than a line of terminal to fix it, can someone run me through what is going on, why does sudo port install xyz not work in most all cases for me?

m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port install p5-net-dns
--->  Activating p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/ share/man/man3/MIME::Base64.3pm.gz is being used by the active perl5.8 port. Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force the activation. Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-mime-base64 p5- net-ip
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f activate p5-net-dns
Error: port activate failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not registered as installed.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f install p5-net-dns
--->  Installing p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0
Error: Target org.macports.install returned: Registry error: p5-mime- base64 @3.07_0 already registered as installed. Please uninstall it first. Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-mime-base64 p5- net-ip
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f uninstall p5-net-dns
Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not registered as installed.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port clean p5-net-dns
--->  Cleaning p5-net-dns
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port install p5-net-dns
--->  Activating p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/ share/man/man3/MIME::Base64.3pm.gz is being used by the active perl5.8 port. Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force the activation. Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-mime-base64 p5- net-ip
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f deactivate p5-net-dns
Error: port deactivate failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not registered as installed & active.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port -f uninstall p5-net-dns
Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: p5-net-dns not registered as installed.
m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $

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Scott

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