Processing port Octave failed

[pduzinski@…]

Attempted to install Octave using "sudo port install octave +atlas+docs" After a good many successful dependency installations, several failed. Below is terminal text. Please let me know if there is any remedy. It also failed when using "sudo port clean" to clean getting message:

"Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not find Portfile in /Users/Phil").
Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct. To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory."

--->  Installing qrupdate @1.1.2_2+atlas+gcc48
--->  Activating qrupdate @1.1.2_2+atlas+gcc48
--->  Cleaning qrupdate
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 poppler xorg-libXaw groff xorg-libXmu texlive texlive-basic texlive-bin harfbuzz-icu xorg-libXp 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-fontutils lcdf-typetools ps2eps texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-english texlive-lang-european texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish texlive-luatex texlive-plain-extra texlive-latex-extra texlive-pictures gnuplot pstoedit ImageMagick transfig
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Error: Processing of port octave failed

[ci42]

"Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not find Portfile in /Users/Phil").
Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct. To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory."

The clean command requires the port to be cleaned as argument.

Please try a clean attempt and attach the log file if it fails:

$ sudo port clean octave
$ sudo port selfupdate
$ sudo port install octave +atlas+docs

In the future please use WikiFormatting and don't forget to Cc the maintainer and fill in the port field.

[pduzinski@…]

Cc Me!

[pduzinski@…]

Thank you ciserlohn. After performing the clean and reinstall a similar failure still occurred, so I've attached the main.log file for your review.

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

The actual error is:

:msg:main --->  Dependencies to be 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 poppler xorg-libXaw groff xorg-libXmu texlive texlive-basic texlive-bin harfbuzz-icu xorg-libXp 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-fontutils lcdf-typetools ps2eps texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-english texlive-lang-european texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish texlive-luatex texlive-plain-extra texlive-latex-extra texlive-pictures gnuplot pstoedit ImageMagick transfig
:debug:main dlist_eval: all entries in dependency list have unsatisfied dependencies; can't process

Maybe some recent checkin is causing this issue?

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

If this is still an issue, can you do:

sudo port clean octave
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install octave

and see if it works now. I'm guessing some recent checkin messed up the dports dependencies, and hopefully that's been fixed by now.

[pduzinski@…]

Replying to michaelld@…:

If this is still an issue, can you do:

sudo port clean octave
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install octave

and see if it works now. I'm guessing some recent checkin messed up the dports dependencies, and hopefully that's been fixed by now.

All working fine now. Thank you!

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

Great; thanks for reporting back!