Please be sure to copy the macports-users mailing list with your replies. I’m not familiar with any of the desktop environments that you’ve listed. I do note that we have around 300 entries each in the Gnome and KDE sections of our repository:
https://ports.macports.org/ports/category/kde/ https://ports.macports.org/ports/category/gnome/ We have many fewer entries for GNUStep and Xfce. I would try picking one app in one of the categories and try to install it. If you continue to have problems, post the details or file a support ticket (and attach the main.log). Someone can likely help if you give details on a specific problem. Without those details, all we can do is guess. Craig > On Jan 26, 2021, at 7:57 PM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have Xcode 12.3 installed. I am using it. > FreeCAD is not so important. > Important would be Gnome, KDE, Xfce, GNUStep. How can I build and start them? > Xfce builds and starts, but does not seem to work correctly. > >> On 26. Jan 2021, at 19:32, Craig Treleaven <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> On Jan 26, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Tom <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I am using Big Sur 11.1 >>> Which macOS are you using? >>> I am installing new ports. >>> >>> tom@Toms-Mac-Pro ~ % port diagnose >>> Warning: No Xcode version info was found for your OS version. >>> Warning: found dylibs in your /usr/local/lib directory. These are known to >>> cause problems. We'd recommend you remove them. >>> >>> tom@Toms-Mac-Pro ~ % ls -l /usr/local/lib >>> total 2088 >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Nov 20 22:29 docker >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 28 2020 dtrace >>> -rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel 1064880 Oct 16 2015 libgmp.a >>> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 864 Oct 16 2015 libgmp.la >>> <http://libgmp.la/> >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 29 2020 node_modules >>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 64 Dec 2 21:42 pkgconfig >>> >>> I tried to build for example: FreeCAD, Wine-Crossover, virt-manager, >>> Kopete, qt4-mac, Gnome, KDE, GNUStep >>> >> >> The first issue is Xcode; it must be installed. You must also agree to the >> Xcode license. See: >> >> https://www.macports.org/install.php <https://www.macports.org/install.php> >> >> Next, it is impossible to predict if the things you have installed in >> /usr/local/lib will conflict or not. But if you have an install failure, if >> can waste a lot of time if that turns out to be the problem. I suggest >> (strongly) that you at least temporarily rename that directory while >> installing with MacPorts. >> >> Big Sur may be another issue. It is still quite new and changed enough >> things that it caused some of our ports to break. Do you have an Intel or >> ARM Mac? More details of Big Sur issues at: >> >> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/BigSurProblems >> <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/BigSurProblems> >> >> Finally, it appears that some o the ports you are trying to install may be >> broken at present. Taking the first one you listed, FreeCAD, there is an >> open support ticket that might be the problem you are experiencing: >> >> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60039 >> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60039> >> >> Basically, FreeCAD depends on boost. Boost was changed last year to default >> to a Python version that is incompatible with with FreeCAD. However boost >> can be installed with an appropriate version. Try: >> >> sudo port clean freecad >> sudo port install boost +python27 >> sudo port install freecad >> >> If that still fails, the error messages will tell you where to find >> “main.log” which should identify the actual issue. >> >> HTH, >> >> Craig >> > > Tom > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
