On May 9, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
> > 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. Thanks, Ryan. Light testing of Octave indicates that it is currently working. However, at least some of the dependencies indicated in the list above ("Error: The following dependencies were not installed:...") are in fact not installed--but some are. For some reason Octave needs texlive and it is not installed. Some parts of texlive e.g. texlive-bin are installed but others are not. Obviously I can install texlive separately but I'm wondering if something went wrong. Do you think something went wrong, i.e, will I find some of these dependencies missing later? Do you think your recipe above (install Octave without +docs, then with +docs) will fix any problems? Thanks, Jerry _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
