expat: /opt/local/bin/xmlwf already exists and does not belong to a registered port

[jerad.hofmeister@…]

I'm trying to install "rtorrent-devel +xmlrpc"

On Mac OS X Lion Server 10.7.5 with latest Xcode and and it errors out on the package "Expat"

"--->  Computing dependencies for rtorrent-devel
--->  Dependencies to be installed: curl curl-ca-bundle libidn gettext expat libiconv ncurses openssl zlib libsigcxx2 libtorrent-devel pkgconfig xmlrpc-c libwww
--->  Fetching archive for curl-ca-bundle
--->  Attempting to fetch curl-ca-bundle-7.28.1_1.darwin_11.noarch.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/curl-ca-bundle
--->  Attempting to fetch curl-ca-bundle-7.28.1_1.darwin_11.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from http://packages.macports.org/curl-ca-bundle
--->  Installing curl-ca-bundle @7.28.1_1
--->  Activating curl-ca-bundle @7.28.1_1
--->  Cleaning curl-ca-bundle
--->  Fetching archive for expat
--->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/expat
--->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from http://packages.macports.org/expat
--->  Installing expat @2.1.0_0
--->  Activating expat @2.1.0_0
Error: org.macports.activate for port expat returned: Image error: /opt/local/bin/xmlwf already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port expat. Use 'port -f activate expat' to force the activation.
Error: Failed to install expat
Please see the log file for port expat for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: curl libidn gettext expat libiconv ncurses openssl zlib libsigcxx2 libtorrent-devel pkgconfig xmlrpc-c libwww
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port rtorrent-devel failed"

I then attempted to install expat on its own and it refused to "activate". so I ran: sudo port -f actvate expat

Error: Unrecognized action "port actvate"

I've attached the main.log from /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_expat/expat/ after re-running "sudo port install rtorrent-devel +xmlrpc"in hope that it will help.

[jerad.hofmeister@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please see wiki:ProblemHotlist#xmlwf

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Replying to jerad.hofmeister@…:

I then attempted to install expat on its own and it refused to "activate". so I ran: sudo port -f actvate expat

Error: Unrecognized action "port actvate"

You should probably follow the instructions on the Wiki page Ryan linked to, but I do expect you meant “activate” here.

[jerad.hofmeister@…]

Cc Me!

[jerad.hofmeister@…]

I did the instructions from Ryan and it did end up working. Yes, I did mean "activate" when I typed in the command. My brain must be messing up.