I'm on a MacBookPro, Intel 64-bit, with OS 10.5.2. I had MacPorts installed but then I wanted to test a script to do an automatic installation. To do that, I ran
sudo rm -r /opt/local and then ran the script to install MacPorts (via binary package) and then other ports. I ran into an error with the command sudo port install apache2 +preforkmpm as when MacPorts tried to install the dependency sqlite3 it produced a fatal error about a file not being accessible. Running the command sudo port clean sqlite3 helped, as well as breaking up the script into the parts sudo port install apr sudo port install db44 sudo port install gmake sudo port install readline sudo port clean sqlite3 sudo port install sqlite3 sudo port install apr-util sudo port install openssl sudo port install apache2 +preforkmpm to separately install the dependencies (these were the ones that were coming up automatically when MacPorts tried to install apache2). And my script now works without problems. But my question is why? 1. Why does one need the "sudo port clean sqlite3" command? After removing the /opt/local directory, why should any cleaning be needed? 2. Why would breaking the script up into the separate commands above make a difference? Thanks in advance, Tom _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
