gettext: dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libncurses.6.dylib

[gkdgoutam]

While installing kile on OSX 10.7.5, it fails with the following error:

sudo port install kde4-kile
--->  Computing dependencies for libiodbc
--->  Building libiodbc
Error: org.macports.build for port libiodbc returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port libiodbc for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_libiodbc/libiodbc/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
Error: Unable to execute port: upgrade kdelibs4 failed

Then while selfupdate it again fails:

sudo port upgrade outdated
--->  Computing dependencies for gtk-doc
--->  Building gtk-doc
Error: org.macports.build for port gtk-doc returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port gtk-doc for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gtk-doc/gtk-doc/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
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[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Neither of the logs you attached are from clean builds, so they’re missing a lot of information. Could you please run this and attach the new logs if you see more failures?

$ sudo port clean all
$ sudo port selfupdate
$ sudo port upgrade outdated

[gkdgoutam]

Same problem appears.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The log says:

dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libncurses.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/msgfmt
  Reason: image not found

Does /opt/local/lib/libncurses.6.dylib exist? Is the ncurses port installed, and if so what version? If it's outdated, can you upgrade it first?

[gkdgoutam]

After installing ncurses it still fails. Actually now it shows that some files and ports are broken. How to fix that? For example when I try to install readline following appears:

sudo port install readline
--->  Computing dependencies for readline
--->  Cleaning readline
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  Found 31 broken file(s), matching files to ports   
--->  Found 13 broken port(s), determining rebuild order
--->  Rebuilding in order
     readline @6.3.003 
     aspell @0.60.6.1 -nls
     gpsd @3.14 
     gnuplot @5.0.1 +aquaterm+luaterm+pangocairo+wxwidgets+x11
     hunspell @1.3.3 
     lame @3.99.5 
     kdelibs4 @4.14.3 
     libkexiv2 @4.14.3 
     vte @0.43.0 
     gcc47 @4.7.4 +universal
     kfilemetadata @4.14.3 
     nepomuk-core @4.14.3 
     okular @4.14.3 
--->  Computing dependencies for readline
--->  Cleaning readline
--->  Computing dependencies for aspell
--->  Cleaning aspell
--->  Computing dependencies for gpsd
--->  Cleaning gpsd
--->  Computing dependencies for gnuplot
--->  Configuring gnuplot
Error: Failed to configure gnuplot, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_gnuplot/gnuplot/work/gnuplot-5.0.4/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port gnuplot returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port gnuplot for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_gnuplot/gnuplot/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
Error rebuilding gnuplot
    while executing
"error "Error rebuilding $portname""
    (procedure "revupgrade_scanandrebuild" line 395)
    invoked from within
"revupgrade_scanandrebuild broken_port_counts $opts"
    (procedure "macports::revupgrade" line 5)
    invoked from within
"macports::revupgrade $opts"
    (procedure "action_revupgrade" line 2)
    invoked from within
"action_revupgrade $action $portlist $opts"
    (procedure "action_target" line 96)
    invoked from within
"$action_proc $action $portlist [array get global_options]"
    (procedure "process_cmd" line 103)
    invoked from within
"process_cmd $remaining_args"
    invoked from within
"if { [llength $remaining_args] > 0 } {

    # If there are remaining arguments, process those as a command
    set exit_status [process_cmd $remaining..."
    (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 5268)

[gkdgoutam]

in the log file the error still comes :

:info:configure dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib

so it might be due to the absence of ncurses5.

I checked and found only libncurses.6.dylib there is no libncurses.5.dylib. How to fix that?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ok, so it sounds like you've successfully fixed the problem that gettext didn't work because it was looking for ncurses.6 but you only had ncurses.5. Now you have ncurses.6. But you still have something still looking for ncurses.5. That something needs to be updated. What is it? Can you attach your new main.log please?

[gkdgoutam]

Its some weird situation. It complains when either ncurses5 or ncurses6 is active.

Here are some outputs which might be useful:

port installed ncurses
The following ports are currently installed:
  ncurses @5.9_2
  ncurses @5.9_2+universal
  ncurses @6.0_0
  ncurses @6.0_0+universal (active)

But when I do

sudo port upgrade outdated
--->  Computing dependencies for yelp-xsl
--->  Configuring yelp-xsl
Error: Failed to configure yelp-xsl, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_yelp-xsl/yelp-xsl/work/yelp-xsl-3.20.1/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port yelp-xsl returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port yelp-xsl for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_yelp-xsl/yelp-xsl/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

The error log (main1.log) is attached.

Now if I do

sudo port activate ncurses @5.9_2+universal 

and then

sudo port upgrade outdated
--->  Computing dependencies for yelp-xsl
--->  Configuring yelp-xsl
Error: Failed to configure yelp-xsl, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_yelp-xsl/yelp-xsl/work/yelp-xsl-3.20.1/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port yelp-xsl returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port yelp-xsl for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_yelp-xsl/yelp-xsl/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

The error log (main2.log) is attached.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

You shouldn't reactivate ncurses @5.9. Everything needs to be using ncurses @6.0 now. For the most part, MacPorts should handle that upgrade for you, except for the issues outlined in ProblemHotlist#ncurses6. Your main1.log shows exactly that scenario, for which the solution is to upgrade readline first. But your earlier transcript shows you running sudo port install readline and nothing happening, meaning readline was already up to date. Have you previously been reactivating ncurses @5.9? If so, links to libncurses.5 may have crept into any ports you rebuilt thereafter, thus in some part defeating the purpose of the rebuild.

Make sure your ports are up to date with sudo port selfupdate. Verify ncurses @6.0 is installed. Verify with port installed readline that you have version @6.3.003_1 installed and with port outdated that readline is not outdated. Check with otool -L /opt/local/lib/libreadline.dylib whether libreadline links with libncurses.5 or libncurses.6. If 5, rebuild readline forcibly with sudo port -n upgrade --force readline.

Don't forget to use WikiFormatting when writing in Trac.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

And remember to clean a port before trying to build it again after a failure. Both of the logs you attached were not from clean attempts.

[gkdgoutam]

This worked actually. Thanks a ton!! I am able to install a working kile successfully. But 'sudo port upgrade outdated' still fails. This time its gedit. Other than this its fine. I am attaching the log file.

[gkdgoutam]

gedit fails

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

This looks like a different problem. Please open a new ticket and attach this log there.