I'm having problems trying to install MacPorts on a G4 Dual, running OS X 10.4.8. This machine currently has a Fink installation. I'm running zsh 4.3.2 as my shell. Based on the instructions on the Wiki: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts I installed this file: http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/downloads/ DarwinPorts-1.3.1/DarwinPorts-1.3.1-10.4.dmg I selected to not install MacPorts on my root drive - I selected a large second drive. I then created a symlink on the root drive called opt, which points to the opt on the second drive. % ls -al /opt lrwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin 23 Jan 15 10:23 /opt -> /Volumes/Maxtor_300/opt My path is: /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/libexec:/usr/ X11R6/bin:/Developer/Tools::/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/ bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/my_short_user_name/bin:. I then tried to do a selfupdate, but it fails like: % port selfupdate can't find package darwinports while executing "package require darwinports" (file "port" line 42) I tried exporting a new PATH, to put the opt stuff at the start, and remove the sw items, but that didn't change the result. I've searched the mailing list archives, but the only similar stuff I could find was from 2003, and it looked like that issue had been fixed. Do I need to install something else? If so, what? Or, can MacPorts only work when installed on the root drive? Thanks, Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada