debus build error

[ling.junyi@…]

Hi,

I am getting the following errors whe port installing dbus. This failed on multiple attempts. Any ideas on how to get around this problem?

thanks in advance,

jling

[dhcp-60-229:opt/local/Library] jling% sudo port install librsvg
--->  Computing dependencies for librsvg
--->  Dependencies to be installed: libgsf gconf dbus-glib dbus orbit2 libidl policykit gnome-vfs desktop-file-utils popt gnome-mime-data libbonobo
--->  Activating dbus @1.2.24_1
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port dbus. Use 'port -f activate dbus' to force the activation.
Log for dbus is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_dbus/main.log
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: libgsf gconf dbus-glib dbus orbit2 libidl policykit gnome-vfs desktop-file-utils popt gnome-mime-data libbonobo
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

[ling.junyi@…]

Cc Me!

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

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The error message is pretty clear that a file that the port wants to install already exists.

[ling.junyi@…]

But the path does not exist. See pasted terminal output.

thanks, jling

[hugin-and-munin:~/Documents/src/tests] jling% sudo port clean dbus
--->  Cleaning dbus
[hugin-and-munin:~/Documents/src/tests] jling% ls -al /opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
ls: /opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist: No such file or directory
[hugin-and-munin:~/Documents/src/tests] jling% sudo port install dbus
--->  Computing dependencies for dbus
--->  Activating dbus @1.2.24_1
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: could not create new link "/opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist": that path already exists
Log for dbus is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_dbus/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
[hugin-and-munin:~/Documents/src/tests] jling% ls -al /opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
ls: /opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist: No such file or directory

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

It's complaining about a file in /Library/LaunchAgents, not /opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents.