#23175: Installing MacPorts failed with "This package is meant to be installed on Mac OS X 10.6.." --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: phoetmail@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.2 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I completely removed my old mac-ports version and I could not re-install a new one. The installation always failed with: "This package is meant to be installed on Mac OS X 10.6.." Checking the logs indicated something strange: /var/log/install.log Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-574 [[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-430.1 [[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Hardware: MacBook5,1 @ 2.40 GHz (x 2), 4096 MB RAM [[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540) [[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: PATH=/usr/local/bin[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/au/aubQWp4kGuurBgQEusfkvE+++TI/-Tmp-/[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: HOME=/Users/peterschroder[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: USER=peterschroder[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: LOGNAME=peterschroder[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: RUBYOPT=rubygems[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch- ARBRb1/:0[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch- f9EWST/Listeners[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-TbuyEg/Render[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:3 [[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: MacPorts-1.8.2 Installation Log[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:15 Macintosh Installer[925]: Opened from: /Users/peterschroder/Desktop/MacPorts-1.8.2.pkg[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:17 Macintosh Installer[925]: Installation checks failed.[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:17 Macintosh Installer[925]: Installation check failure. MacPorts-1.8.2 kann nicht auf diesem Computer installiert werden.. This package is meant to be installed on Mac OS X 10.6.. /var/log/system.log Jan 7 13:49:11 Macintosh com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.InternetSharing): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:16 Macintosh [0x0-0x7a07a].com.apple.installer[925]: /usr/local/bin[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:16 Macintosh [0x0-0x7a07a].com.apple.installer[925]: /bin/bash[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:16 Macintosh [0x0-0x7a07a].com.apple.installer[925]: /Users/peterschroder/Desktop/MacPorts-1.8.2.pkg/Contents/Resources/InstallationCheck: line 13: uname: command not found[[BR]] Jan 7 13:49:16 Macintosh [0x0-0x7a07a].com.apple.installer[925]: /Users/peterschroder/Desktop/MacPorts-1.8.2.pkg/Contents/Resources/InstallationCheck: line 13: sed: command not found It seems that the /usr/bin disappeared from the $PATH. I looked into serveral files and tried to find out where I might add this to the $PATH again, but it did not work using /etc/profile or /etc/bashrc. So I dumped the image to my harddrive and added: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH to the top of /Users/peterschroder/Desktop/MacPorts-1.8.2.pkg/Contents/Resources/InstallationCheck After doing this, I was able to install Mac-Ports. Does anyone know where I can configure the $PATH so that the installation works? -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23175> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS