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I installed macports. Before I get to deep into this, is this error obvious to anyone? Note--I do see it's a missing folder, but what is unclear is why I don't

by ericb 19y ago

I installed macports. Before I get to deep into this, is this error obvious to anyone? Note--I do see it's a missing folder, but what is unclear is why I don't have it, and whether it's a part of something larger I'm missing. When I run: sudo port install putty ------------ Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/work" && gzip -dc /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/expat/expat-2.0.1.tar.gz | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf - " returned error 127 Command output: sh: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory gzip: stdout: Broken pipe Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gtk1 gettext expat libiconv ncurses ncursesw glib1 pkgconfig Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

bayareaguy 19y ago
Sounds like this may be your problem: http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-August/004842.html http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-Au... Ryan Schmidt suggests: Please verify whether you have /usr/bin/gnutar. If you do not, then your Mac OS X installation is incomplete. I believe gnutar is provided by either BaseSystem.pkg or Essentials.pkg from the Mac OS X DVD, both of which are quite essential to Mac OS X's functioning.
- ericb 19y ago
  I appreciate the help. This was a factory install of leopard, so it seems odd that it would be missing components. To google, I go.
  - eb 19y ago
    There's nothing wrong with your default installation. You need to install Xcode Tools as it says in the MacPorts installation instructions. http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/Installing...
    - ericb 19y ago
      I have the xcode tools installed. I'll check out the wiki, though. Thanks.
- ericb 19y ago
  WOW. I just grabbed gnutar from a buddy who installed Leopard from CD. His machine had gnutar and mine didn't. Now, macports is happy as a clam. Seems bizzare that I didn't have it. I found one other person who had the same problem with a factory install. Weird. http://nullstyle.com/2007/10/27/how-to-build-imagemagick-and-install-rmagick-with-macports-on-mac-os-x-leopard/ http://nullstyle.com/2007/10/27/how-to-build-imagemagick-and...
  - ericb 19y ago
    As a breadcrumb for anyone stumbling across this via google, I also had to install the latest X 11 to get the X windowing to show me anything. X 11 is grayed out on my install disks in the optional installs for leopard. Until upgrading X 11, the terminal window would run and the X 11 process would launch, but no visible window would appear. http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.4 http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.4 Now the macports putty is working. Sweet!

by ericb 19y ago

bayareaguy 19y ago

Sounds like this may be your problem: http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-August/004842.html http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-Au... Ryan Schmidt suggests: Please verify whether you have /usr/bin/gnutar. If you do not, then your Mac OS X installation is incomplete. I believe gnutar is provided by either BaseSystem.pkg or Essentials.pkg from the Mac OS X DVD, both of which are quite essential to Mac OS X's functioning.

ericb 19y ago
I appreciate the help. This was a factory install of leopard, so it seems odd that it would be missing components. To google, I go.
- eb 19y ago
  There's nothing wrong with your default installation. You need to install Xcode Tools as it says in the MacPorts installation instructions. http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/Installing...
  - ericb 19y ago
    I have the xcode tools installed. I'll check out the wiki, though. Thanks.
ericb 19y ago
WOW. I just grabbed gnutar from a buddy who installed Leopard from CD. His machine had gnutar and mine didn't. Now, macports is happy as a clam. Seems bizzare that I didn't have it. I found one other person who had the same problem with a factory install. Weird. http://nullstyle.com/2007/10/27/how-to-build-imagemagick-and-install-rmagick-with-macports-on-mac-os-x-leopard/ http://nullstyle.com/2007/10/27/how-to-build-imagemagick-and...
- ericb 19y ago
  As a breadcrumb for anyone stumbling across this via google, I also had to install the latest X 11 to get the X windowing to show me anything. X 11 is grayed out on my install disks in the optional installs for leopard. Until upgrading X 11, the terminal window would run and the X 11 process would launch, but no visible window would appear. http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.4 http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.4 Now the macports putty is working. Sweet!