#36323: Macports should be multiuser friendly --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: ralph@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by raimue@…): It is up to the user to make modifications to their environment (especially `PATH`) in order to use MacPorts. The installer contains the most common case, modifying the profile of the user running the installer. And even that only works if they are using the default shell. If you have more requirements, please set it up yourself. The [https://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell.postflight guide even documents] what you should add to `.profile` or `.bash_profile`. If you run the installer instead of copying from the guide or from the configuration of your own user, you should first understand what this shell configuration does. If you prefer to use a script for that, why do you not just write it? Furhermore, if you do not want to modify the shell configuration for every user, why do you not edit the system-wide configuration in `/etc/profile` or `/etc/bashrc`? MacPorts does not do this as these modifications would be lost on upgrades of OS X. As a system administrator you have control over that anyway and can follow your own documentation what needs to be changed on fresh installs/after upgrades. As far as I know, the .pkg format is not flexible enough to allow selection of optional features. Even if, I would not know where we should add it system-wide as it depends on your use case. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36323#comment:9> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for macOS