Hey all, thanks so much for the help. Have just gotten back to
email after a crazy two days of work, (eighteen hours Thursday and
seven earlier this eve) so sorry for the delay in my response! <smile>
I have 500 emails to go through but will be sure and ping ya if I
have questions. Thanks muchly for your offer of help,really do
appreciate it!…
YOu guys totally rock! Have an awesome one and catch y'all on the
flippers!…
SMiles,
Cara :)
On Mar 19, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
Hi,
The dot in the .profile filename makes it invisible. You really
can't screw it up, it doesn't have much out of the box. I
personally call a secondary shell file aka mystartup.sh
from .profile so it is a little more modular. It can be a pain to
do right, so feel free to pign me with questions about what you are
trying to do. I use bbedit to edit my shell files, text wrangler is
free, or the x code editor will work.
Best,
Scott
Benjamin, yes, I was looking this up last night too, and found
that I do need to change my path, so will check out the link you
sent along. I do know how to open .bash_profile with pico, but
would rather not change it until I can figure out a way to back it
up.
I can't seem to locate the file. Any tips?Š
<smile> I just don't want to go messing with my system until I
actually know *EXACTLY* what I need to do and then do it in the
simplest way possible. lol!
anyway, thanks so much and have a lovely day!Š
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:29 AM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote:
Cara Quinn wrote:
sudo port selfupdate
and while I get the password query, I then am told that the sudo
command isn't recognized. I'm assuming I'm just needing to cd to
the correct folder where MacPorts is installed, but shouldn't
this just be recognized system-wide?Š
That command works for me everywhere. I suspect the problem might
be that you don't have the MacPorts directories in your path.
What's the output of the following command:
echo $PATH
For comparison purposes my path begins with:
/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin
which are the MacPorts executable directories. The port executable
is in /opt/local/bin.
If this is indeed your problem, look to
http://www.macports.org/install.php#source
for a discussion of what your path needs to contain.
http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4641
briefly mentions how to set your path (under the heading
"Customizing Your Environment").
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2621/os_x_change_path_environment_variable
is a longer discussion of same.
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