Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ticket #39426, comment 3


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Aug 4, 2013, 12:41:27 AM (11 years ago)
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  • Ticket #39426, comment 3

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    18 Follow the [Migration basic instructions] to clean out your existing MacPorts installation.  Trying to install MacPorts over an existing install quickly turns into a nightmare, around libs like {{{libiconv}}} and {{{libintl}}}, etc.   Keep in mind it won't just be as easy as wiping {{{/opt/local/}}} --  things like {{{launchd}}} files and other things outside of the {{{/opt/local}}} root may still linger, which will stop MacPorts and require you to {{{port -f activate ... }}} individual packages to proceed each time. 
     18Follow the [wiki:Migration basic instructions] to clean out your existing MacPorts installation.  Trying to install MacPorts over an existing install quickly turns into a nightmare, around libs like {{{libiconv}}} and {{{libintl}}}, etc.   Keep in mind it won't just be as easy as wiping {{{/opt/local/}}} --  things like {{{launchd}}} files and other things outside of the {{{/opt/local}}} root may still linger, which will stop MacPorts and require you to {{{port -f activate ... }}} individual packages to proceed each time.