port sqlite failure

Local-Admins-MacBook-Pro:MacPorts-fork ericgallager$ port search ronn
sqlite error: unable to open database file (14) while executing query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry
    while executing
"registry::open $db_path"
    (procedure "mportinit" line 592)
    invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sqlite error: unable to open database file (14) while executing query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry