Ok, I am going with your suggestion to reinstall everything. How do I make sure to blow away any traces of what I have? Just "sudo rm -r /sw"?
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Scott Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Johannes Ruscheinski > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would like to re-install everything in 64-bit. Don't remember the >> details of what I went through because it's over a week ago but I beat >> on it several times before I became too frustrated and gave up. I >> also messed up my 32-bit install, doing that. The final thing I tried >> involved a compile from source but I got an error. I seem to vaguely >> remember it having something to do with TCL or Tk. >> > > When I saw that you wanted "pure 64-bit" I thought you were going for > a 64-bit only install, with no 32-bit. Now it seems that you already > had a 32-bit install and now want to switch to 64-bit? Depending on > how you got your 32-bit install (previous OS etc.) this may not be > supported. See: > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration > > If you install from scratch, then the default should be 64-bit for > everything is you have an Intel CPU that supports it. You can check > to make sure that your ${prefix}/etc/macports/macports.conf does NOT > have an uncommented line that says > build_arch i386, because that would cause everything to go in as 32-bit. > > It is possible to install (some) ports as both 32-bit and 64-bit by > using the universal variant. For instance: > sudo port install portname +universal > Your macports.conf probably has a line that specifies the > architectures used for universal builds, which you would want to be > "universal_archs x86_64 i386" in this case. However, > switching from one architecture to universal after you already have > ports installed is not always trivial, because if you switch a port to > universal then all of its dependencies must also be universal and I > don't think this can be easily accomplished automatically. > > In summary, I think the easiest way to get an all 64 bit install on a > 64 bit Intel CPU is to start from scratch and it will just be the > default. No warranty! > > Scott > -- Johannes Obligatory current favourite quotes: "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful". -- Seneca "I have more confidence in the methods of science, based on the amazing record of science and its ability over the centuries to answer unanswerable questions, than I do in the methods of faith (what are they?)." -- David J. Gross "Physics Nobel Laureate" "Atheism is a religion to the same extent that not collecting stamps is a hobby." -- seen on Slashdot.org _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
