On Mar 12, 2008, at 04:43, Olga Lyashevskaya wrote:

I am trying to install Dia by typing the following:

cd /opt/local/bin

ls daemondo portf portmirror port portindex

sudo port install dia

Unable to execute port: can't read "sysroot": no such variable

What am I doing wrong?

Mac OS X 10.5.2

You may have outdated ports or an outdated MacPorts. Please selfupdate and try again: sudo port selfupdate

On 12 Mar, 2008, at 7:45, Olga Lyashevskaya wrote:

e7253:~ olichka$ sudo port selfupdate

MacPorts base version 1.5 installed

Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.600

Configuring, Building and Installing new MacPorts base

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl && make && make install" returned error 1

Command output: checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin9.2.0

checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin9.2.0

checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin9.2.0

checking for sw_vers... sw_vers

checking Mac OS X version... 10.5.2

checking MacPorts version... 1.6.0

checking for gcc... no

checking for cc... no

checking for cl.exe... no

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

See `config.log' for more details.

Have you upgraded to Leopard recently? If so, did you install the new version of Xcode? This kind of error often appears when people try to use Tiger's Xcode on Leopard. Regards, Chris

On 12 Mar, 2008, at 12:07, Olga Lyashevskaya wrote:

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Have you upgraded to Leopard recently? If so, did you install the new version of Xcode? This kind of error often appears when people try to use Tiger's Xcode on Leopard.

It is a new iMac, and it came with Leopard on it, so I presume that Xcode must be ok. How can I check it?

How can I install things with MacPorts? Sorry for my ignorance, I am not very experienced with Mac. So far I worked mostly on Linux, and now by using MacPorts I just want to be able to use programs which are originally developed for Linux (like dia in this case)

If it's brand new, it probably doesn't have Xcode (most Mac users don't have a need for a compiler and development environment, but MacPorts does). You'll need to install Xcode 3.0, either from the CDs that came with the computer, or [Apple's developer site][1]. [1] http://developer.apple.com/tools/download/ Regards, Chris

On Mar 12, 2008, at 06:45, Olga Lyashevskaya wrote:

Thank you, Ryan

Ryan Schmidt wrote:

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You may have outdated ports or an outdated MacPorts. Please selfupdate and try again: sudo port selfupdate

e7253:~ olichka$ sudo port selfupdate

MacPorts base version 1.5 installed

Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.600

Ok, so your MacPorts was outdated. MacPorts 1.5 did not contain the sysroot variable which the port you're trying to install wants to use. So you need to update to MacPorts 1.6, which selfupdate should do...

Configuring, Building and Installing new MacPorts base

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl && make && make install" returned error 1

Command output: checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin9.2.0

checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin9.2.0

checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin9.2.0

checking for sw_vers... sw_vers

checking Mac OS X version... 10.5.2

checking MacPorts version... 1.6.0

checking for gcc... no

checking for cc... no

checking for cl.exe... no

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

See `config.log' for more details.

...except it can't because you have no acceptable C compiler installed. Install Xcode 3 to get the gcc compiler, then try the selfupdate again.