On Oct 3, 2011, at 13:39, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:

> I tried to install macports on mac os x 10.6.8. The setup went fine.

How did you install it?


> When i tried to update via the command "sudo port -v selfupdate",
> it crashes saying that is needed libcurl 7.x.x, but it found version 6.x.x.

We probably need more information, including an actual copy/paste of the error 
message. But it sounds like your "port" command is linked with the MacPorts 
version of libcurl (which is version 7), and that its architecture does not 
match the architecture of your "port" command, and therefore it looked for 
another copy of libcurl and found the one in /usr/lib provided by OSX, but it 
is version 6 so it won't work.

All of this should not have happened: the "port" command should not be linked 
with MacPorts libcurl (it should be linked with OSX's libcurl); and even if it 
were there should be no architecture mismatch. Is it possible there is an old 
MacPorts installation on this system -- one originally installed and used 
before the existence of Snow Leopard? It sounds like there might be. In which 
case you should follow the migration instructions:

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

Although if your "port" command isn't working (and from the above it looks like 
it isn't), then you may just need to uninstall the old MacPorts:

http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html

Then you can install MacPorts again and there shouldn't be any old libraries 
around to cause problems.

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