#56545 closed defect (invalid)
Cannot install socat
| Reported by: | yckelvin (Kelvin Lee) | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | ncurses |
Description
Dear SIr/Madam,
I follow the steps to install the MacPorts and agree the license to Xcode, when I install the socat by command "sudo port install socat" and I get error
Error: Failed to activate ncurses: Image error: /opt/local/bin/captoinfo already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port ncurses. Use 'port -f activate ncurses' to force the activation. Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_ncurses/ncurses/main.log for details. Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug. Error: Processing of port socat failed
I follow the steps to activate ncurses but I get
Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.
Please advise how I can install the socat? Is there any drawback to the port activation ?
Best regards,
Kelvin.
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)
| Port: | ncurses added |
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| Resolution: | → invalid |
| Status: | new → closed |
We will not be able to determine why the file already exist. Maybe you installed something manually into
/opt/local? Maybe you only wiped parts of your MacPorts installation before?I guess you missed the
sudoon the activate port action.