Comments on: Darwin Ports Gotcha! Removing a Version of a port http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port/ Wed, 02 May 2012 23:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cboone http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port/comment-page-1/#comment-914 cboone Mon, 22 May 2006 13:04:00 +0000 http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port#comment-914 <p>You know, I struggled with just this issue last week. Thanks for writing it up. <br /> For the record, you might have been able to deal with the original problem by: <br /> <code>sudo port deactivate ruby<br /> sudo port install ruby</code> <br /> DP must have gotten bogged down in the install process after having gotten everything ready for installation, but before having deactivated the old version of Ruby. Then, when you asked it to install Ruby, it just jumped straight to activation, skipping the crucial deactivation step. <br /> You could also have tried: <br /> <code>sudo port clean ruby<br /> sudo port install ruby</code> <br /> That would have (hopefully) cleaned up the mess left by the aborted installation, then installed Ruby anew.</p> You know, I struggled with just this issue last week. Thanks for writing it up.

For the record, you might have been able to deal with the original problem by:

sudo port deactivate ruby<br />
sudo port install ruby

DP must have gotten bogged down in the install process after having gotten everything ready for installation, but before having deactivated the old version of Ruby. Then, when you asked it to install Ruby, it just jumped straight to activation, skipping the crucial deactivation step.

You could also have tried:

sudo port clean ruby<br />
sudo port install ruby

That would have (hopefully) cleaned up the mess left by the aborted installation, then installed Ruby anew.

]]> By: kellan http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port/comment-page-1/#comment-915 kellan Mon, 22 May 2006 13:04:00 +0000 http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port#comment-915 <p>It ain’t a BSDism, the whole “port install” thingy that works kind of like apt is a Darwin Ports-ism.</p> <p>Which was a total shock for me when I found myself on a FreeBSD box. I had just assumed the knowledge was transferable.</p> It ain’t a BSDism, the whole “port install” thingy that works kind of like apt is a Darwin Ports-ism.

Which was a total shock for me when I found myself on a FreeBSD box. I had just assumed the knowledge was transferable.

]]> By: rabble http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port/comment-page-1/#comment-916 rabble Mon, 22 May 2006 13:04:00 +0000 http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/darwin-ports-gotcha-removing-a-version-of-a-port#comment-916 <p>Clean doesn’t work if you have multiple versions, same problem. i tried that as well. Well now it’s documented and discoverable via google.</p> Clean doesn’t work if you have multiple versions, same problem. i tried that as well. Well now it’s documented and discoverable via google.

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