Error: Unable to open port: py-eso-palpy does not have a subport 'py36-eso-palpy'

[carolinestraatman]

This error is generated while running sudo port -f clean --all all or sudo port -v clean py36-eso-palpy.

Neither of the following commands solve the problem:

• sudo port install py-eso-palpy
• sudo port install py36-eso-palpy
• sudo port select --set cython cython39
• sudo port upgrade py-eso-palpy
• sudo port upgrade py36-eso-palpy
• sudo port uninstall py-eso-palpy
• sudo port uninstall py36-eso-palpy

The problem persists after the last two commands, even though py-eso-palpy is not installed.

I'm not interested in this particular port, I just want to do a proper clean.

[reneeotten (Renee Otten)]

it's not very clear what you are trying to do. In fact, MacPorts does not even contain a port called py-eso-palpy... please elaborate a bit more.

If you just want to clean-up your current MacPorts installation you can do sudo port reclaim, which will uninstall all ports that you have not explicitly requested and have no dependent.s

[carolinestraatman]

Thanks! I did not want anything with py-eso-palpy, didn't know I got it, the clean command just got stuck there. But sudo port reclaim worked like a charm!