Errors when trying to install apache2 - PLS HELP

[matthewcaruana@…]

Hi,

I'm trying to install apache2 using the following command: sudo port install apache2

Here are the error messages I'm getting:

port -f activate expat
Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.
Matthew-Caruanas-MacBook-Pro:~ matthewcaruana$ sudo port install apache2
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for apache2
--->  Dependencies to be installed: apr-util expat libiconv gperf sqlite3 ncurses ncursesw readline openssl zlib pcre bzip2 perl5 perl5.12
--->  Activating expat @2.0.1_1
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/bin/xmlwf already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port expat. Use 'port -f activate expat' to force the activation.
Error: Failed to install expat
Log for expat is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: apr-util expat libiconv gperf sqlite3 ncurses ncursesw readline openssl zlib pcre bzip2 perl5 perl5.12
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

Please find the error log file attached to this ticket.

Seeing that the command 'port -f activate expat' was recommended, I tried running that.

And it gives me the following error:

port -f activate expat
Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.

Could you please help me with this problem?

Thanks, Matthew C.

[matthewcaruana@…]

_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/main.log

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please remember to preview and use WikiFormatting, fill in the Port field and cc the maintainer.

There's a problem hotlist entry for this: ProblemHotlist#xmlwf

"Insufficient privileges" is because you didn't use sudo.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Right. Neither of these are bugs in the port. Nothing to do here. For technical support with MacPorts, write to the macports-users list.

I only want to add that MacPorts was not recommending or suggesting that you use "-f". Rather, MacPorts was stating that if you understand the consequences, then you can use "-f" to proceed. Using "-f" is however usually not what you want to do in this situation.