# remove locks left behind when the errors aborted the install
sudo port -f clean ruby

# start fresh
sudo port -f uninstall ruby

# install without documentation
sudo port install ruby +default_variants +no_doc

# remove locks left behind when the errors aborted the install
sudo port clean ruby

# open the relevant portfile
sudo nano /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/ruby/Portfile

## then comment out the following, around line 50-55
destroot.target	install install-doc

# remove locks left behind when the errors aborted the install
sudo port clean ruby

# open the relevant portfile
mate /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/ruby/Portfile

## then comment out the following, around line 50-55
destroot.target	install install-doc

mate /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/ruby/Portfile

# comment out the following, around line 50-55
destroot.target	install install-doc

http://www.nabble.com/Re:-ruby-malloc-errors-td16672411.html

'port install ruby' sometimes results in malloc errors near the final phase (just after destroot completes).  It appears that macports may be out of memory while installing documentation.

port install ruby -> malloc error

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