On Mar 11, 2008, at 14:42, Alex Zavatone wrote:
On Mar 11, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Adrian Nier wrote:
you need to create a missing file or give the full path to the port executable. The latter solution means that you have to enter the following on the command line:
sudo /opt/local/bin/port -d selfupdate
Ok, I rebooted and that worked. Cool.
The better solution is to create a file called '.profile' in your home directory. In this file you specify additional directories that are to be scanned for executables and manual entries. The MacPorts installation fails to create this file, so you have to create it manually.
Awesome. Works like a charm on my other mac. Why doesn't the .DMG installer do this?
No "non compiler friendly" user is going to be able to get up and running without this information.
There is a bug in the 1.6.0 dmg installer with the creation of the .profile file, which has already been fixed in trunk, but we have not yet released the new version. I believe our release manager is a bit busy with other tasks and hasn't had the time to make a new release.