Failed to install libusb

[bob@…]

Am I missing something?

The error message in terminal:

lukamaki:~ boblukomski$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install dfu-programmer
--->  Computing dependencies for dfu-programmer
--->  Dependencies to be installed: libusb-compat libusb pkgconfig glib2 autoconf help2man gettext expat libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw p5.12-locale-gettext perl5.12 gdbm m4 perl5 perl5 perl5 automake libtool zlib
--->  Installing libusb @1.0.8_0
Error: Target org.macports.install returned: /usr/bin/tar: invalid option -- q
Try `/usr/bin/tar --help' for more information.
Error: Failed to install libusb
Log for libusb is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_libusb/libusb/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: libusb-compat libusb pkgconfig glib2 autoconf help2man gettext expat libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw p5.12-locale-gettext perl5.12 gdbm m4 perl5 perl5 perl5 automake libtool zlib
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

I'm running OS 10.6.8 XCode 3.2.6

[blb@…]

Error: Target org.macports.install returned: /usr/bin/tar: invalid option -- q

That's odd, the default /usr/bin/tar should support that; what is the result of running

$ ls -l /usr/bin/tar

[bob@…]

Replying to blb@…:

Error: Target org.macports.install returned: /usr/bin/tar: invalid option -- q

That's odd, the default /usr/bin/tar should support that; what is the result of running

$ ls -l /usr/bin/tar

lukamaki:~ boblukomski$  ls -l /usr/bin/tar
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  174636 Sep 24  2003 /usr/bin/tar

[toby@…]

MacPorts does not work on Panther.

[toby@…]

Seriously, that's the same size as the PPC slice of the tar binary that shipped with Panther in 2003.

[bob@…]

Replying to toby@…:

Seriously, that's the same size as the PPC slice of the tar binary that shipped with Panther in 2003.

Okay, but I'm running Snow Leopard. I appreciate your time here. Suggestion as to fixing this? I'm a total newb - I'm trying to update some firmware and am following 3rd party instructions...

Again, my OS is 10.6.8 and I'm running XCode 3.2.6 (I know XCode 4 is available, but I'm not a paying Developer Member).

[toby@…]

Well, I'd bet that you've got plenty of insanity on your system if your tar binary is from Panther. Did you upgrade directly from Panther to Snow Leopard or something? Anyway, really the only advice I can give is to reinstall the OS. May be a good time to move on to Lion and Xcode 4.2 (which I'm pretty sure is free).

Anyway, not a MacPorts issue, closing.

[bob@…]

I went Panther - Leopard - Snow Leopard. But thanks for the heads up and the fast responses!

Best,

Bob

[ryandesign@…]

Xcode 4 is free on Lion but requires a paid membership to the developer program if you want it for Snow Leopard.