Error: Processing of port octave-devel failed

[laura.conti99@…]

I am trying to install octave-devel with the instruction:

sudo port install octave-devel +atlas+docs

and I get the following error:

Error: The following dependencies were not installed: epstool ghostscript xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-libxcb doxygen graphviz gd2 xpm xorg-libXt libLASi pango Xft2 xrender cairo xorg-xcb-util gobject-introspection harfbuzz xorg-libXaw groff xorg-libXmu texlive texlive-basic texlive-bin poppler xorg-libXp texlive-documentation-base texlive-bin-extra dvipng latexmk texlive-latex pdfjam texlive-latex-recommended pgf texlive-context texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-math-extra texlive-metapost texlive-xetex texlive-generic-recommended texlive-documentation-english texlive-fontutils lcdf-typetools ps2eps texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-dutch texlive-lang-english texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish texlive-luatex texlive-latex-extra texlive-pictures gnuplot pstoedit ImageMagick transfig
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Error: Processing of port octave-devel failed

I have already tried to clean and re-install but I get the same error message

[laura.conti99@…]

In the error message I get I can't see the indication of an error.log that I can look at or attach here for further indication on the problem

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #37604.

[laura.conti99@…]

I have already seen #37604 and what it says there does not help me. In other words, I am new to macports, what should I do to solve this problem? Thanks.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to laura.conti99@…:

I have already seen #37604 and what it says there does not help me. In other words, I am new to macports, what should I do to solve this problem? Thanks.

Trac is not tech support, but anyways: try installing doxygen first by itself without any variants, and then try installing octave-devel again. Alternatively you can try installing octave-devel first without the +docs variant, and then if that works, you can then try it with the +docs variant again.

[laura.conti99@…]

Replying to egall@…:

Replying to laura.conti99@…:

I have already seen #37604 and what it says there does not help me. In other words, I am new to macports, what should I do to solve this problem? Thanks.

Trac is not tech support, but I'll be helpful anyways: try installing doxygen first by itself without any variants, and then try installing octave-devel again. Alternatively you can try installing octave-devel first without the +docs variant, and then if that works, you can then try it with the +docs variant again.

Thanks! I'll try. I apologize if I posted to the wrong place. I just followed the indications given by the error.

[laura.conti99@…]

I don't know if I can post it here but I thought maybe it can be of help to others. Running first

port install octave-devel

and then

port install octave-devel +atlas+docs

solved my problem.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to laura.conti99@…:

Replying to egall@…:

Trac is not tech support, but I'll be helpful anyways: try installing doxygen first by itself without any variants, and then try installing octave-devel again. Alternatively you can try installing octave-devel first without the +docs variant, and then if that works, you can then try it with the +docs variant again.

Thanks! I'll try. I apologize if I posted to the wrong place. I just followed the indications given by the error.

Yeah, MacPorts could probably use better bug-reporting messages/directions on errors... semi-related are #38095 and #38662