Dave,
had this problem a couple of days ago, when first using darwinports.
when you got the darwin ports installer you asumingly did
in the dir you un tarred the darwinports-version.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install
and at the very end got a message stating "congradulations, now type sudo
port selfupdate"
is this correct?
if so, you need to ad
/opt/local/bin to your path you could do this in one of two ways
edit your own .profile or edit the /etc/profile and add the line
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
please note that both PATH's in the line above are in caps.
To do this with text edit do the following:
open text edit, if you already have your own .profile set up open it with
text edit, please make sure that text edit opens the file as a plain text
and not as a rtf file. once the program is in plain text mode, open your
.profile if you have one. if not
in a new plain text file, write the line mentioned above,
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
once the line is there, save the document in your home directory with no
extention and the name, .profile (note the name is dot profile with a period
in front of profile)
then try the command
sudo port selfupdate
if this still doesn't work type the command
source ~/.profile ~/.profile
(note that ~/.profile twice is the actually command syntax)
then try
sudo port selfupdate
once more. report back with update.
hth
BlindTech
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
the blind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: darwin ports
Gabe and all,
When I attempt:
sudo port install snownews
I get:
port: command not found.
-- Jonnie Apple Seed
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On Dec 6, 2005, at 11:34 PM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote:
Dave:
I just did. this is why I asked:
What error, if any DID YOU GET, when you typed:
sudo port install X
because X equals port you wish to install and that is the SYNTAX!
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
the blind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: darwin ports
Can you just give me details you use successfully to install ports?
-- Jonnie Apple Seed
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On Dec 6, 2005, at 6:00 PM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote:
what error are you getting when you type:
sudo port install snownews
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X
by the blind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: darwin ports
By details, you want to describe the process.
-- Jonnie Apple Seed
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On Dec 6, 2005, at 5:51 PM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote:
Going nuts ment, installing everything and their mother! I do
everything in terminal now, listen to music, convert .aif to mp3 set
up everything, ah! just like debian I tell ya!.
so what's the problem with your issue?
have you joined the darwinports list?
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by the blind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: darwin ports
Details?
I still cannot get it to install / run snownews.
-- Jonnie Apple Seed
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Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Dec 6, 2005, at 5:22 PM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote:
Call me slow, but I found out about darwin ports like a week ago and
now i'm going nuts with installs.
and... i'm upgrading my baby (g3 300mhz, 384 ram ) to a (g4 500 with
768 of ram) for now, very soon via a ram buy and a new processor
buy.
but i'm going nuts, just having the time of my life. It reminds me
of the apt on debian, I'm loving it.
I know, I know, its like fink so what's the big deal? not sure
really just thought anyone would like to know that BlindTech is
catching up to the times.
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