'No manual entry for port'

[Adam Neather]

"sudo port install py27-scipy" gives "sudo: port: command not found".

On 02/05/2013, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> On May 1, 2013, at 23:42, Adam Neather wrote:
>
>> Running that command gives the following:
>>
>> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_python_py-scipy/py-scipy/main.log
>>
>> NB: Scipy was the package that failed to install; numpy and cython
>> apparently worked.
>
> py-scipy is a unified python port; it doesn't install anything itself;
> that's done by its subports.
>
> If you actually tried to install py-scipy, it would switch to trying to
> install py24-scipy, for historical reasons, which probably isn't very useful
> today since python 2.4 is so old, and it would not surprise me if it failed
> to build. If so, the relevant logfile would be the one identified by the
> command "port logfile py24-scipy".
>
> Try installing py27-scipy instead ("sudo port install py27-scipy").
>
>
>


-- 
cheers much,

Adam