On 2019-7-4 09:34 , Ralph Seichter wrote: > * Jack Howarth: > >> Short of fully reinstalling MacPorts is there a way to recreate the >> "macports" user? > > You can create users via the Users & Groups system settings, or using > the 'dscl' (Directory Service command line) utility as root.
Specifically, you want to do what the installer pkg's postflight script does. <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/master/portmgr/dmg/postflight.in#L156> Installing from source does the same thing BTW, and installing again over the top of your existing installation won't break anything. - Josh
