libiconv not found

[kelaris@…]

I've tried to install Digicam using macports on Mountain Lion system (macports 2.2.0 was installed yesterday via dmg package downloaded from the site). I've got:

--->  Computing dependencies for digikam
Error: Dependency 'libiconv' not found.
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port digikam failed

then i ran

sudo port -v selfupdate

and it's finished successfully.

I've tried to uninstall libiconv and so I ran:

sudo port clean libiconv

and got

Error: Port libiconv not found

then i've tried to install libiconv from the scratch:

sudo port install libiconv

and got:

Error: Port libiconv not found

what i'm doing wrong?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I don't know. The port exists. Please show the output of:

sudo port -v selfupdate

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Could you please show the output of sudo port -v selfupdate so that I can see if any errors are occurring when syncing the ports tree or updating the portindex? Those are the only reasons I can think of at the moment for why a port that definitely exists would be missing on your system.

[kelaris@…]

that is my log:

--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
receiving file list ... done
base.tar

sent 13396 bytes  received 10188 bytes  6738.29 bytes/sec
total size is 4925440  speedup is 208.85
receiving file list ... done
base.tar.rmd160

sent 64 bytes  received 635 bytes  279.60 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 0.73
MacPorts base version 2.2.0 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.2.0 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar
receiving file list ... done
ports.tar

sent 51809 bytes  received 144712 bytes  43671.33 bytes/sec
total size is 54620160  speedup is 277.94
receiving file list ... done
ports.tar.rmd160

sent 64 bytes  received 636 bytes  280.00 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 0.73
receiving file list ... done
PortIndex

sent 19066 bytes  received 118331 bytes  30532.67 bytes/sec
total size is 10023580  speedup is 72.95
receiving file list ... done
PortIndex.rmd160

sent 58 bytes  received 636 bytes  277.60 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 0.74
--->  MacPorts base is already the latest version

The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run
  port upgrade outdated

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Hmm, well that looks normal enough. And port libiconv allegedly still doesn't exist? I wonder how many ports your system thinks exist. Could you run this to count them all:

port echo all | wc -l

There should be over 17,000 ports.

[kelaris@…]

the log:

17680

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

That seems approximately right. ​The web site says we have 17678 ports. So why is libiconv missing on your system? You're going to have to help us figure it out since the problem is unique to your computer.

Do you have a separate collection of ports? Have you edited sources.conf? If so what non-comment lines does it currently contain?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

No response from reporter. Assuming it works now.