X11/Xorg to X11/Xorg developer OSX

Question

I want to install Netgen. While compileing the make ik get the following error /usr/include/tk.h:75:11: fatal error: 'X11/Xlib.h' file not found So i installed 'X11/Xorg-server' from Macport. But later i found out that it is the wrong version.

I need X11/Xorg-server-devel'

Now i get another error Unable to execute port: Can't install xorg-server-devel because conflicting ports are active: xorg-server

How do i uninstall Xorg-server (Terminal?) so i can install Xorg-server-devel again??

Can't find anything yet

Answer 1

The port script has a help option which lists the things it can do:

Supported actions
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activate, archive, archivefetch, build, cat, cd, checksum, clean, configure,
contents, deactivate, dependents, deps, destroot, dir, distcheck, distfiles,
dmg, dpkg, echo, edit, exit, extract, fetch, file, gohome, help, info,
install, installed, lint, list, livecheck, load, location, log, logfile,
mdmg, mirror, mpkg, notes, outdated, patch, pkg, platform, portpkg,
provides, quit, rdependents, rdeps, rev-upgrade, rpm, search, select,
selfupdate, setrequested, space, srpm, sync, test, unarchive, uninstall,
unload, unsetrequested, upgrade, url, usage, variants, version, work

I would start with

port installed

which will show which versions of a given port are active. For instance, I have two versions of xkeyboard-config:

xkeyboard-config @2.5.1_0                     
xkeyboard-config @2.5.1_1 (active)

Your listing would show X11/Xorg-server as active. Perhaps you do not need that port (since you want to build one using xorg-server-devel. You could either uninstall or deactivate the conflicting port. In either case, you would have to specify the version along with the package name. For example, I could do this to deactivate my xkeyboard-config package:

sudo port deactivate xkeyboard-config @2.5.1_1

Using the information you get from port installed, you can use a similar command to eliminate the conflict.

Specifying the version is not strictly necessary, but is helpful as a check that you have typed in the correct package name. The port manual page has a few examples. MacPorts has more extensive documentation online.