MacPorts Install dpkg Errors

Question

Update:

sudo port selfupdate did not return any errors. This was the output:

--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.1.3 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.1.3 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
--->  MacPorts base is already the latest version

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  port upgrade outdated

However, when I ran sudo port upgrade outdated, I got the following error:

--->  Configuring expat
Error: org.macports.configure for port expat returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port expat for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

Running sudo port upgrade gettext returned the following error:

--->  Configuring expat
Error: org.macports.configure for port expat returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port expat for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

Original Question:

I'm currently trying to install dpkg on my Mac OS 10.7.5, so I can run theos sudo make package (it's telling me that I can't do so becuase dkpg is not installed).

I followed the instructions here, but I'm running into a problem when I run sudo port install dpkg. This is the error:

--->  Configuring expat
Error: org.macports.configure for port expat returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port expat for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
Error: Unable to execute port: upgrade gettext failed

This is the contents of main.log:

version:1
:debug:main expat has no conflicts
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (expat)
:debug:main changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
:debug:main egid changed to: 501
:debug:main euid changed to: 502
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (expat)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (expat)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (expat)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (expat)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (expat)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:configure configure phase started at Wed Mar 13 14:55:32 CDT 2013
:notice:configure --->  Configuring expat
:debug:configure Using compiler 'Mac OS X clang'
:debug:configure Executing org.macports.configure (expat)
:debug:configure Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' CPPFLAGS='-I/opt/local/include' CXXFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.7' CXX='/usr/bin/clang++' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' F90FLAGS='-pipe -O2 -m64' LDFLAGS='-L/opt/local/lib -arch x86_64' OBJC='/usr/bin/clang' FCFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -m64' INSTALL='/usr/bin/install -c' OBJCFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' FFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -m64' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' CC='/usr/bin/clang'
:debug:configure Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/work/expat-2.1.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local'
:debug:configure Executing command line:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/work/expat-2.1.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local 
:info:configure sh: line 0: cd: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/work/expat-2.1.0: No such file or directory
:info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/work/expat-2.1.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local 
:info:configure Exit code: 1
:error:configure org.macports.configure for port expat returned: configure failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: command execution failed
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: targets not executed for expat: org.macports.install org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot
:notice:configure Please see the log file for port expat for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log

Could anyone help me get dpkg installed? I have absolutely no clue what the problem is.

Answer 1

I solved this by installing dpkg using brew instead of port, as was suggested by Randy Howard.

Link here: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/

As Randy suggested, getting Brew up and running was a lot easier than using MacPorts. After uninstalling the latter, I ran the ruby code given at the page above, and was able to install dpkg within a few minutes.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue so just uninstalled the whole lot

sudo port -fp uninstall installed

Got the package I was after installed now so might be worth a go

https://www.macports.org/guide/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html

Answer 3

I was having this problem today as well - and ended up removing the .macports.expat.state file in /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/work, and doing a 'port fetch expat' manually to make sure the latest was being brought over. Seemed it was having a hard time with 2.1.0.

After doing this, was able to do a straight 'port upgrade expat', which finally upgraded correctly.

Not really sure why it was having a problem with expat 2.1.0 upgrade.

Hope this helps.