I wanted to install MacPorts on my Mac - MacPro with Leopard, latest version. But, while using the disk image, the installation finished with this message: "The following install step failed: run postflight script for MacPorts-1.6.0."
Can anyone let me know what I should do?
I'm not sure...
Were you using the correct disk image? the one whose name is MacPorts-1.6.0-10.5-Leopard.dmg?
If so, can you just try installing it again, see if it works now?
Yep, was the right disk image. Downloaded it again and installed it. But same message....
I wrote the postflight script so I should chime in. Can you please try grepping through /var/log/install* files to see if there are any relevant messages there about the failure?
On a similar note, are you experiencing any problems with your MacPorts usage? Was your terminal environment set up correctly by the installer?
Here are the info. Can it be that it can't connect to MacPorts (for an update or so) which causes the problem? I am behind a firewill - will have to ask the admin to open port 873 - if that's correct Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 Installer[18967]: Localized installer script postflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Unknown shell! Please set your MacPorts compatible environment manually. Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:23: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Checking the shell environment for user "schwarzer"... Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:23: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: /Users/ schwarzer/Downloads/8.1.08/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg/Contents/Resources/ English.lproj/postflight: line 71: /Users/schwarzer/.: Is a directory Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: /Users/ schwarzer/Downloads/8.1.08/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg/Contents/Resources/ English.lproj/postflight: line 96: /Users/schwarzer/.: Is a directory Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Your shell already has the right MANPATH environment variable for use with MacPorts! Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Your shell already has the right DISPLAY environment variable for use with MacPorts! Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Synchronizing the MacPorts installation with the project's rsync server... Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ ports/ Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Connection refused (61) Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-30/ rsync/clientserver.c(94) Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Error: /opt/ local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization the local ports tree failed doing rsync Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: An attempt to synchronize your recent MacPorts installation with the project's rsync server failed! Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Please run 'port -d selfupdate' manually to find out the cause of the error. Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Jan 9 07:25:24 gridmac7 Installer[18967]: Install failed: The following install step failed: run postflight script for MacPorts-1.6.0. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.