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Some background: On Mac OS X 10.6 using Macports and I have DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH set in my .bash_profile. The problem: When I run java -version I get this error: Error occurred during initialization of VM Unable to load native library: libjava.jnilib By way of one helpful forum thread , I've discovered the problem is some files in my '/opt/local/lib' directory are causing trouble because of the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH I've set. When I remove the files starting with libgif, libjpeg, libpng and libtiff from '/opt/local/lib', the problem goes away and `java -version' works, but the ports that depend on

For almost as long as I've been using vim and have known enough C, I've customised the installed vim to remove a 'feature' that annoys me. When I switched to using a Mac with macports, I achieved this by uninstalling any previous vim port, fetching the source, manually editing the source and then having Macports continue the installation, using my freshly customised source. sh> sudo port uninstall vim sh> sudo port fetch vim sh> sudo /usr/bin/vim /opt/local/wherever/port/put/the/source/file.c sh> sudo port install vim Now[1] when I try this, the port install command re-fetches the code from

I want to move to python 3.0 and therefore remove the default python 2.7 (2.6,2.5...) installation on my mac. Including all the installed packages, $PATH,... Does the python installer from python.org oder MacPorts installer provide an uninstaller, or is there a way to do this manually? That's a COMPLETELY TERRIBLE idea, and you should never do that. You're likely to break dependencies and requirements for various software that expect to find the default Python in the default location. Install your choice of Python 3 ( MacPorts, Python.org, whatever ). Update your local $PATH variables to use

The default MacPorts installation downloads each dependency, builds and installs it, then downloads, builds and installs the next dependency, and so on. This means that a constant network connection is required throughout the installation. In my configuration, a constant network connection is not feasible. This means that installation of a large-dependency package can take a very long time. How do I download all dependencies for a specified MacPorts package at the beginning (while connected to the network) and then build and install each dependency (no network connection required)? While