Configure error installing lal

[f.jimenez@…]

Hi all,

I'm getting this error when I try to install the lalapps app. via port. I've already installed python version 2.7, but something is wrong with python2.7 binary file that is saved in this path:

/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 (my /opt/local/bin/python2.7 points to this file)

I'm pretty sure that I somehow broke the python2.7 installation but I do not know now how to recover it. This is the error that appears in main.log. I have also attached this file.

:info:configure checking whether /opt/local/bin/python2.7 version is >= 2.6... no :info:configure configure: error: Python interpreter is too old.

Thanks a lot Xisco

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please use WikiFormatting, fill in the Port field with the port that fails to build and Cc the port maintainers (port info --maintainers lal), if any.

This is not a clean build log. Please clean the port and try again. Then attach the new main.log file.

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

The config.log would also be useful to see why it thinks python2.7 is too old.

[f.jimenez@…]

config file

[f.jimenez@…]

main file

[f.jimenez@…]

Hi, sorry for not posting correctly the error! I've already uploaded main.log and config.log files Now that I've checked the config file I see that the library ac_nonexistent.h is missing.

On the other hand and in the case this helps you, this is what my output shows when executing the python binary:

/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 python2.7: posix_spawn: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.72.7: No such file or directory

Notice that, strangely, when I call python2.7, my bash is trying to find some weird and non-existent binary called python2.72.7 being python2.7 not linked to any other file.

Feel free to ask me more questions!

Thanks in advance Xisco

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Replying to f.jimenez@…:

Now that I've checked the config file I see that the library ac_nonexistent.h is missing.

That is expected, and the correct behaviour.

On the other hand and in the case this helps you, this is what my output shows when executing the python binary:

/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 python2.7: posix_spawn: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.72.7: No such file or directory

Notice that, strangely, when I call python2.7, my bash is trying to find some weird and non-existent binary called python2.72.7 being python2.7 not linked to any other file.

That is very weird. Not sure why it's referring to python2.72.7. On my system /opt/local/bin/python2.7 is a symlink to the python interpreter in the Python.framework, is yours the same?

[ram@hastur ~]$ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 73 Dec 11 16:03 /opt/local/bin/python2.7 -> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
[ram@hastur ~]$

[f.jimenez@…]

Hi,

Yes, it shows me exactly the same:

ls -l /opt/local/bin/python2.7

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 73 Dec 14 00:15 /opt/local/bin/python2.7 -> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

What I remember I did (I think after breaking the link) was to copy the binary file /opt/local/bin/python2.7 to /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 I do not know the reason but seems that this file is corrupted. Do you have a clue how to reinstall it?

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Replying to f.jimenez@…:

What I remember I did (I think after breaking the link) was to copy the binary file /opt/local/bin/python2.7 to /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

That would have probably broken things as on my system /opt/local/bin/python2.7 is a symlink. If you deactivate the port and then reactivate it then that will hopefully get things working again. Try:

$ sudo port -f deactivate python27
$ sudo port activate python27

and if that doesn't do the trick, try:

$ sudo port -f uninstall python27
$ sudo port install python27

[f.jimenez@…]

Hi, sorry for the delay in the answer Finally uninstalling and instralling python27 solved the problem!

$ sudo port -f uninstall python27 $ sudo port install python27

Thanks!!! Xisco

Replying to ram@…:

Replying to f.jimenez@…:

What I remember I did (I think after breaking the link) was to copy the binary file /opt/local/bin/python2.7 to /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

That would have probably broken things as on my system /opt/local/bin/python2.7 is a symlink. If you deactivate the port and then reactivate it then that will hopefully get things working again. Try:

$ sudo port -f deactivate python27
$ sudo port activate python27

and if that doesn't do the trick, try:

$ sudo port -f uninstall python27
$ sudo port install python27

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Great!