On May 8, 2014, at 23:14, Jerry wrote: > Octave has failed to install (once again), this time into a fresh MacPorts > established according to the Migration advice given at > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration onto a new installation of Mavericks. > > I did: > sudo port install octave +atlas+docs+fltk+gcc48 > > The first attempt failed after not finding Java. I was asked (by the port > command, apparently) to install Java by clicking Install on a dialog box. I > then re-ran the above port install command and it ran for a while and then > stopped thusly (I have included a few lines before the problem): > > > > ---> Fetching archive for qrupdate > ---> Attempting to fetch qrupdate-1.1.2_2+atlas+gcc48.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 > from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/qrupdate > ---> Attempting to fetch > qrupdate-1.1.2_2+atlas+gcc48.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from > http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/qrupdate > ---> Installing qrupdate @1.1.2_2+atlas+gcc48 > ---> Activating qrupdate @1.1.2_2+atlas+gcc48 > ---> Cleaning qrupdate > Error: The following dependencies were not installed: epstool ghostscript > xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-libxcb doxygen graphviz gd2 xpm xorg-libXt gts > netpbm libLASi pango Xft2 xrender cairo xorg-xcb-util gobject-introspection > harfbuzz poppler xorg-libXaw groff xorg-libXmu texlive texlive-basic > texlive-bin harfbuzz-icu xorg-libXp texlive-bin-extra dvipng latexmk > texlive-latex pdfjam texlive-latex-recommended pgf texlive-context > texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-math-extra texlive-metapost texlive-xetex > texlive-generic-recommended texlive-fontutils lcdf-typetools ps2eps > texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-english texlive-lang-european > texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian > texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish > texlive-luatex texlive-plain-extra texlive-latex-extra texlive-pictures > gnuplot pstoedit ImageMagick transfig > To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide: > http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets > Error: Processing of port octave failed > > > > There is no indication of what went wrong, only that the installation failed. > Running the port install command again results in the same thing, after first > computing and printing the dependencies for Octave.
It means there is a circular dependency. MacPorts cannot handle circular dependencies. In this case, it's because you asked for the +docs variant. See: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37604 To get around it, you can install without the +docs variant. Then, after that succeeds, you can reinstall with the +docs variant. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
