Can't install gettext for x86_64 because ncurses only contains i386

[daledouglas@…]

$ sudo port install octave
--->  Computing dependencies for gettext
--->  Configuring gettext
Error: You cannot install gettext for the architecture(s) x86_64 because
Error: its dependency ncurses only contains the architecture(s) i386.

[gnw3]

Replying to daledouglas@…:

$ sudo port install octave ---> Computing dependencies for gettext ---> Configuring gettext Error: You cannot install gettext for the architecture(s) x86_64 because Error: its dependency ncurses only contains the architecture(s) i386.

I just now built octave for SL. ncurses and gettest were already installed and /opt/local/lib/libncurses.dylib is x86_64. Did you try rebuilding ncurses? The news is not all good: imread give "Assertion failed" and "plot 0:10" gives "error:plot no data to plot". I am however pleased to report that 2+2 gives ans = 4.

[gnw3]

Replying to gnwiii@…:

Replying to daledouglas@…:

$ sudo port install octave ---> Computing dependencies for gettext ---> Configuring gettext Error: You cannot install gettext for the architecture(s) x86_64 because Error: its dependency ncurses only contains the architecture(s) i386.

I just now built octave for SL. ncurses and gettest were already installed and /opt/local/lib/libncurses.dylib is x86_64. Did you try rebuilding ncurses? The news is not all good: imread give "Assertion failed" and "plot 0:10" gives "error:plot no data to plot". I am however pleased to report that 2+2 gives ans = 4.

Killing old gnuplot windows fixed the "no data to plot" problem for me.

[daledouglas@…]

Upgrade ncurses? You mean: sudo port upgrade ncurses?

I did that (no response from port), and then tried to reinstall octave, and got the same error.

Replying to gnwiii@…:

Replying to daledouglas@…:

$ sudo port install octave ---> Computing dependencies for gettext ---> Configuring gettext Error: You cannot install gettext for the architecture(s) x86_64 because Error: its dependency ncurses only contains the architecture(s) i386.

I just now built octave for SL. ncurses and gettest were already installed and /opt/local/lib/libncurses.dylib is x86_64. Did you try rebuilding ncurses? The news is not all good: imread give "Assertion failed" and "plot 0:10" gives "error:plot no data to plot". I am however pleased to report that 2+2 gives ans = 4.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please remember WikiFormatting.

Why did ncurses only contain the architecture i386? Did you perhaps upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard without following the Migration procedure?

[daledouglas@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Please remember WikiFormatting.

Why did ncurses only contain the architecture i386? Did you perhaps upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard without following the Migration procedure?

No, the box is a brand new Macbook that has only ever known Snow Leopard. Is there some some subset of the migration procedure that I should follow anyway?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Did you use Migration Assistant (or some other method) to copy information (including a MacPorts installation) from a pre-Snow Leopard machine to this one? There must be some explanation for why you had an i386 ncurses.

[bhadder@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Dale, any ideas? If you can't explain why your ncurses is i386-only (migration from a pre-Snow Leopard Intel Mac still seems likely to me), then you could simply rebuild it; it should be x86_64 this time:

sudo port -n upgrade --force ncurses

However, if you don't know why ncurses is i386, it's possible other ports are inadvertently installed i386 as well. You may have a less-problematic future if you uninstall this questionable MacPorts installation (instructions are in the ​guide) and then reinstall it.

[daledouglas@…]

Even this doesn't work. BTW, I _believe_ I couldn't easily get migration to work, so I sneakernet'ed everything over. But I am not positive.

Dale-Douglass-MacBook:~ daledouglas$ sudo port -n upgrade --force ncurses
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for ncurses
--->  Fetching ncurses
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncurses
--->  Extracting ncurses
--->  Configuring ncurses
--->  Building ncurses
--->  Staging ncurses into destroot
--->  Unable to uninstall ncurses 5.7_0, the following ports depend on it:
--->      gettext
--->      readline
--->      gnuplot
--->      texinfo
--->      octave
Warning: Uninstall forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
--->  Deactivating ncurses @5.7_0
--->  Uninstalling ncurses @5.7_0
--->  Computing dependencies for ncurses
--->  Installing ncurses @5.7_0
--->  Activating ncurses @5.7_0
--->  Cleaning ncurses
Dale-Douglass-MacBook:~ daledouglas$ sudo port install octave
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for gettext
--->  Configuring gettext
Error: You cannot install gettext for the architecture(s) x86_64 because
Error: its dependency expat only contains the architecture(s) i386.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ok, you fixed ncurses. Now you're having the same problem with expat. Since you appear to have multiple ports installed for the wrong architecture and cannot explain how this occurred (though copying from a pre-Snow Leopard machine via whatever means (including sneakernet) would be a likely culprit), I recommend you follow the Migration procedure anyway.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Have you been able to resolve these issues? Please let us know.

[daledouglas@…]

Status: Resolved. Root Cause: Total stupidity on my part. Solution: Digging through my harddrive, it looks like a migration assistant migration from a pre-snow leopard box was attempted, but only partially completed before failing. All problems were fixed by following the migration procedure.