Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ticket #39426, comment 3
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Ticket #39426, comment 3
v2 v3 16 16 }}} 17 17 18 Follow the [ Migration basic instructions] to clean out your existing MacPorts installation. Trying to install MacPorts over an existing install quickly turns into a nightmare, around libs like {{{libiconv}}} and {{{libintl}}}, etc. Keep in mind it won't just be as easy as wiping {{{/opt/local/}}} -- things like {{{launchd}}} files and other things outside of the {{{/opt/local}}} root may still linger, which will stop MacPorts and require you to {{{port -f activate ... }}} individual packages to proceed each time.18 Follow the [wiki:Migration basic instructions] to clean out your existing MacPorts installation. Trying to install MacPorts over an existing install quickly turns into a nightmare, around libs like {{{libiconv}}} and {{{libintl}}}, etc. Keep in mind it won't just be as easy as wiping {{{/opt/local/}}} -- things like {{{launchd}}} files and other things outside of the {{{/opt/local}}} root may still linger, which will stop MacPorts and require you to {{{port -f activate ... }}} individual packages to proceed each time.