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cczona on 03/12/08


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MacPorts fixer-upper

Published in: Bash 

Forces a recalcitrant port to install by uninstalling it completely first

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  1. PORTNAME=name_of_package_giving_you_trouble
  2. sudo port -f uninstall $PORTNAME;
  3. sudo port clean -f --all $PORTNAME;
  4. sudo port -v install $PORTNAME;

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