I have followed all the recommendations in getting ready to use ports. I have Xtools 3.0, X11, (with the latest version 2.1.3) and downloaded Macports 1.6.0. I have also read that there is an issue with 1.6.0 in setting up the .profile, my question is that I don't know where to go from here, I clearly don't have the right path setup, and I am not sure how to do that. Here is what I get if I input "env" Freedom:/ peterhin$ env MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11/man TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal TERM=xterm-color SHELL=/bin/bash TMPDIR=/var/folders/Sd/SdnvDsNAHdqx7M41XmVmb++++TI/-Tmp-/ Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-OeUcxx/Render TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=237 USER=peterhin COMMAND_MODE=unix2003 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-FkaAJd/Listeners __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin PWD=/ LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHLVL=1 HOME=/Users/peterhin LOGNAME=peterhin DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-VZvhsj/:0 SECURITYSESSIONID=b0f090 _=/usr/bin/env OLDPWD=/Users/peterhin If someone would be so kind as to give me a little time and explanation how I do this, and or direct me to some basic Unix file changing info I would be very appreciative. Peter