id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,port 28384,dbus fails to install as non root,www.macports.org@…,MarcusCalhoun-Lopez,"On a fully updated/upgraded MacPort, while installing ftgl, dbus fails to install, apparently because it can't manage to properly install as a non root user (my MacPort installation is entirely non root). The installer tries to copy ""/Users/laurent/unix/macports/var/macports/software/dbus/1.2.24_1/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist"" to ""/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist"" which it obviously fails to do since it's running as a non root user. I guess that it should instead try to copy that file to /Users/laurent/Library/.... {{{ ---> Fetching dbus ---> Attempting to fetch dbus-1.2.24.tar.gz from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/dbus ---> Verifying checksum(s) for dbus ---> Extracting dbus ---> Applying patches to dbus ---> Configuring dbus ---> Building dbus ---> Staging dbus into destroot ---> Installing dbus @1.2.24_1 Warning: addgroup only works when running as root. Warning: The requested group 'messagebus' was not created. Warning: adduser only works when running as root. Warning: The requested user 'messagebus' was not created. ---> Activating dbus @1.2.24_1 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: error copying ""/Users/laurent/unix/macports/var/macports/software/dbus/1.2.24_1/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist"" to ""/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist"": permission denied Error: Failed to install dbus Log for dbus is at: /Users/laurent/unix/macports/var/macports/logs/_Users_laurent_unix_macports_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_dbus/main.log Error: The following dependencies were not installed: doxygen graphviz pango glib2 dbus urw-fonts xorg-libXaw groff xorg-libXmu gsed Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. To report a bug, see }}} ",defect,closed,Normal,,ports,1.9.2,duplicate,,,dbus