I'm hitting an error while trying to uninstall some packages in my MacPorts 2.0.3 installation, and I can't figure out what's causing them or how to resolve them. Googling around lead to nothing addressing this case, so I'm hoping that fellow users here will have an answer.
Here is an example of the command and the error (where this is all done in a sudo'ed shell, so the problem is unrelated to root permissions):
port uninstall sleuthkit ---> Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal Error: Target org.macports.deactivate returned: this entry does not own the given file Log for sleuthkit is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+universal/sleuthkit/main.log Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal ---> Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal Error: Target org.macports.uninstall returned: this entry does not own the given file Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal ---> Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal Error: Target org.macports.deactivate returned: this entry does not own the given file Log for sleuthkit is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+universal/sleuthkit/main.log Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal ---> Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal Error: port uninstall failed: this entry does not own the given file
Looking in the file /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+universal/sleuthkit/main.log reveals nothing particularly useful to me:
version:1
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (sleuthkit)
:debug:deactivate deactivate phase started at Tue Jan 31 19:18:24 EST 2012
:debug:deactivate Executing org.macports.deactivate (sleuthkit)
:msg:deactivate ---> Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
:error:deactivate Target org.macports.deactivate returned: this entry does not own the given file
:debug:deactivate Backtrace: this entry does not own the given file
while executing
"$port deactivate $imagefiles"
invoked from within
"registry::write {
$port deactivate $imagefiles
foreach file $files {
_deactivate_file $file
}
..."
(procedure "_deactivate_contents" line 37)
invoked from within
"_deactivate_contents $requested [$requested files] $force"
(procedure "portimage::deactivate" line 54)
invoked from within
"registry_deactivate $subport $version $revision $portvariants [array get user_options]"
(procedure "portdeactivate::deactivate_main" line 3)
invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:deactivate Warning: the following items did not execute (for sleuthkit): org.macports.deactivate
:notice:deactivate Log for sleuthkit is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+univ\
ersal/sleuthkit/main.log
Does anyone know what is behind these errors? More importantly, how can I fix my installation so that this doesn't happen anymore?
sudo ports uninstall(emphasis on thesudo). You might be using a root account, or maybe your installation of macports requires no administrator priviliges, but just in case you might have forgotten... I'm pretty sure you need to usesudo ports uninstallJust throwing this out there. Hope it helps. Kevinsudo ports uninstalland see if you have the same errors. The errors do look like permissions