Error installing ghostview

[ajf@…]

The following error is reported attempting to install 'ghostview' on Mac OS 10.5.1:

Macintosh:~ alanfry$ sudo port -v install ghostview
Password:
--->  Activating ghostview 1.5_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port ghostview.
Warning: the following items did not execute (for ghostview): org.macports.activate
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

I would be grateful to anyone who could suggest what to do next

Regards,

Alan Fry

[ajf@…]

Since writing I have made a second attempt at getting gv installed using the (now unsupported) 'iInstaller.app'. This also failed with a strange error but iI seems nevertheless to have succeeded in successfully installing a properly functional 'ghostview'.

The difficulty encountered using MacPorts remains unresolved. However it might be difficult to do any further experiments without uninstalling the 'iInstaller' installation and I am not sure how easy that might be. It seems 'iInstaller' is partially broken and it is not possible to pursue that matter since support has been discontinued.

Apologies for a muddled situation.

Alan Fry

[ajf@…]

The addition of the the line 'export DISPLAY=:0.0' to the '.profile' file (as instructed) messes up X11.app v 2.1.3. Specifically, when X11.app is double-clicked, two X11 Icons are installed in the dock. It then takes two goes of 'cmd-Q' to get X11 to quit. Removing that line from '.profile. resolves the X11 problem.

This raises another question. There was 117MB of stuff in /opt/local/. Now is that from the installations of MacPorts, or left over from the failed installation of gv?

I have removed the entire /opt directory for the time being in order to return to the original state of affairs.

I trust this is clear and look forward to your comments.

[ryandesign@…]

Has duplicate #14212.

[jmr@…]

The ghostview port has been removed in r34931. Use gv instead.