gimp installation hangs

[sica@…]

I have done the Ticket 13742 fix for leopard install, thanks. The port command and man port now exist. I tried to install Gimp 2.4 via:

sudo port -v install gimp

I put in the -v because the first time I tried it my machine hung and the process used 70% of the processor resources for about 20 min, which I figured was wrong. I rebooted, tried again and same thing, even with -v I get nothing back, it just hangs and takes over the cpu.

Is this another known issue or can I provide you with any further information?

Thanks.

[tim.dylla@…]

call stack of hanging process tclcsh8.4

[tim.dylla@…]

Exactly the same here:

• MacBookPro
• OSX 10.5.2
• german localization

Command:

• sudo port -v install gimp

the process tclcsh8.4 consumes 100% CPU load right from start.

I attached the call stack of this process for further analysis.

[rhwood@…]

Please do the following:

sudo port clean --all all sudo port -dv install gimp > ~/install.log 2>&1 <ctrl>-z open ~/install.log fg

Once you observe the install hang, quit the process and attach the resulting install.log file to this ticket.

[rhwood@…]

Replying to rhwood@macports.org:

WikiFormatting mangled the steps. Here they are again:

sudo port clean --all all
sudo port -dv install gimp > ~/install.log 2>&1
<ctrl>-z
open ~/install.log
fg

Note: all this is from a single terminal session.

[rhwood@…]

Cc Me!

[rhwood@…]

Can you just let this process run overnight?

I'm wondering if, since installing gimp builds and installs a number of ports, this may just be a long and intense process. I know that when I'm building on my PowerBook, even installing small and simple ports bogs everything else down.

[monnom@…]

Replying to rhwood@…:

Can you just let this process run overnight?

I'm wondering if, since installing gimp builds and installs a number of ports, this may just be a long and intense process. I know that when I'm building on my PowerBook, even installing small and simple ports bogs everything else down.

As I am also bitten by this bug I created a log file for you by letting the seemingly hung process run over night. Well it wasn't hung and as much as I can tell from the log the port doesn't like my environment or something.

My computer is a PowerBook 867 MHz running 10.4.11 (fully patched) with the German language UI. MacPort 1.6 is installed and works. I verified this by installing slrn. I am going to add the log "overnite_install.log.gz" to this bug.

[monnom@…]

Gimp install log (-dv) created by letting the install run over night

[monnom@…]

Cc Me!

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Is this still a problem?

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

I'm not sure this is a problem as port gimp is a meta-port that not only installs gimp2 (the actual gimp application) but gimp-app (Aqua launcher) and number of useful plugs, etc. It is a very big build even if you are just install the application itself with a lot of dependencies so I'm not surprised that it is taking some time. Current version is 2.6.1 by the way. So I suggest that you use get the latest ports and try again.

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port -d install gimp

This should allow you to see whether it is doing something or not. And overnight might be a good time estimate depending on what hardware you have.

The log file submitted above shows the building of normal dependencies that ran into this error:

DEBUG: Executing org.macports.activate (p5-getopt-long)
--->  Activating p5-getopt-long 2.37_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Getopt/Long.pm is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force the activation.

This is a common perl error that is harmless so the thing here is to do what it says (force activation) and then start installing gimp again -- it'll pick up where it left off.

sudo port -f activate p5-getopt-long 2.37_0
sudo port -d install gimp

I'm going to close this out as not a problem unless something else pops up in which case you can file a ticket for the new problem specifically.

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