Installing MacPorts, but not working :-S

mattgaunt · 24 Mar 2008 at 19:58

Heya

I just downloaded macports.dmg and ran the .pkg file in it and tried to run

sudo port -v selfupdate

But got the following message

sudo: port: command not found

Anyone got any ideas how to fix this issue, the .pkg file said there were no errors during the install

Gaunt

azteched · 24 Mar 2008 at 22:33

See
http://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports

"Changes to ~/.profile do not take effect until a new terminal session is opened. Type env in the terminal to verify the current environment settings. Example output for the env command is shown below."

Try a restart -- the port executable isn't in your PATH, basically.
I think I had a similar issue when I installed it.

mattgaunt · 24 Mar 2008 at 23:34

thanks for the help, i tried a restart but no luck, i thinks its got something to do with the lack of xcode, so trying to install that as we speak

azteched · 24 Mar 2008 at 23:51

Could be. If it doesn't work still, check your PATH is as in the guide (http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell)..I think the installer failed to update my PATH when I installed it. Manually editing .profile worked fine though.

mattgaunt · 25 Mar 2008 at 11:48

I would do that but the install hasnt put a .profile file in my home directory so I dont really know what to do :-S

azteched · 25 Mar 2008 at 12:46

According to the guide, it seems you just need to prepend /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin to your PATH (see the url above). It says add it your .bash_profile if that exists, or if not create the .profile (with nano or your command line editor of choice).