On Dec 21, 2007, at 15:54, jwegelin wrote:
Dear Macports Users:
I am attempting to install MacPorts or DarwinPorts. When I follow
the directions at http://darwinports.com/download/ (after typing in
my email address), an error says "no acceptable C compiler."
The web site darwinports.com is not affiliated with the DarwinPorts/
MacPorts project. Please do not refer to that site for any
information. It is a rogue web site not under our control and we
cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information they provide. The
web site for this project is http://www.macports.org/ . Installation
instructions are here:
http://guide.macports.org/#installing
My MacBook Pro was purchased circa July 2007 and runs Mac OS
10.4.11. Do I have to purchase a C compiler before I can install
MacPorts or DarwinPorts? What C compiler should I purchase or
download?
You need Apple Xcode, which is free. For Mac OS X 10.4, the correct
version of Xcode is 2.5. You can download it from http://
developer.apple.com/ . You need an Apple Developer Connection
membership, but you can get a basic membership for free. An older
version of Xcode may have been included on the DVD that came with
your computer, but using older versions of Xcode is not recommended.
Details:
I downloaded DarwinPorts-1.5.0-10.4.dmg and doubleclicked it. This
brought up a dialog box which said it was installing MacPorts.
After several minutes the dialog box said it was finished.
Then, following instructions at
http://darwinports.com/download/?email=jwegelin%40vcu.edu&x=53&y=12
I typed
sudo port -d selfupdate
which resulted in a lot of text scrolling past, ending with the
folowing error message:
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
while executing
"macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]"
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-darwin8.11.1
checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
checking for sw_vers... sw_vers
checking Mac OS X version... 10.4.11
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.
Inicidentally, the only reason I am trying to install this, is so
that I might install pine or alpine (email client) on my Mac. Would
MacPorts or DarwinPorts be an easy way to get pine (or preferably
alpine) installed properly on my Mac?
You can search for ports on the command line using "port search pine"
or on our web site:
http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=pine
We seem to have a port for pine, but not alpine. A port can be added
for alpine if that would be useful.
Also, is MacPorts the same as DarwinPorts? The file I downloaded
was called DarwinPorts, but after I doublelicked it, the name
MacPorts started coming up.
MacPorts is the name of the project. It used to be called
DarwinPorts, but due in part to the rogue darwinports.com web site
and the fact that we want to target Mac OS X specifically, and no
longer Darwin OS, the project's name was changed.
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