Ticket #17898 (closed defect: fixed)
readline installation failing
| Reported by: | rob@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 1.7.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | readline |
Description
I am trying to install couchdb using macports (haven't used macports before - installed yesterday, version 1.700). I have been getting hung up on:
$ sudo port install couchdb +server Password: ---> Fetching readline ---> Attempting to fetch readline-5.2.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/
I have also tried to install readline directly and it still hangs: $ sudo port install readline Password: ---> Fetching readline ---> Attempting to fetch readline-5.2.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/
I have been trying this since yesterday afternoon.
I see some messages that talk about --with-readline and --without-readline. Is the answer here somewhere? I didn't want to just guess what to do with these, but can't find the actual answer.
On my system, I see: /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/readline/readline-5.2.tar.gz.TMP (but since it is hanging, never finishes)
I searched my entire hard drive for readline and see several locations...
Any ideas how I can resolve this?
Change History
comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by jmr@…
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
- Port set to readline
comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 3 Changed 4 years ago by rob@…
I downloaded and installed yesterday. Anyway, doing selfupdate: $ sudo port selfupdate Password:
MacPorts base version 1.700 installed Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.700
The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated
Then doing a sync: '$ sudo port sync' produces no output (so I assume some type of success) and trying to install readline succeeds using a new repo.
So, I still think there is a bug, since I downloaded and installed MacPorts yesterday...
thanks
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 2 Changed 4 years ago by blb@…
Replying to rob@…:
So, I still think there is a bug, since I downloaded and installed MacPorts yesterday...
thanks
Note that that particular mirror was also removed yesterday, so you probably did the install just a bit prior to its removal.
comment:4 Changed 4 years ago by rob@…
OK, makes sense. I thought the hang was because the server was down or I was somehow having problems connecting, so i kept trying.
This issue is closed for me, but I was wondering if it might be more appropriate to have some error message saying 'the repository is no longer available. Please run: 'sudo port sync' to update.'
thanks
That mirror is no longer used as of r44977. Sync or selfupdate and try again.