Greetings.

Pardon my ignorance, but I can't find out how to begin using MacPorts.

I have a MacBook just under a year old, with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and OS X 10.5.4.

I installed appropriate versions of X11, Xcode & MacPorts - all successfully, as I understood it.

                I cannot find MacPort's icon.

Perhaps it is not its own app. In which case it is a bit beyond my ken. ...my barbie too.

I've checked the online guide & FAQ and it all seems to assume this most basic how-to-start-using-it point is self-evident and I can't find any mention of what I need to do to begin doing anything else with it. I've given up on that route, after a couple hours of installing and searching.

Began this whole process in an attempt to install GIMP. I'll try the other easy(?) route listed on their site, but would still be interested in checking out what-all MacPorts has to offer. It seems an exciting source to explore.

I am not computer-illiterate, by any means - I used to program in Fortran, RPN & Basic, from the early 70s to the mid-80s - but I am only a propeller-head wannabe and have been spoiled by Macs for the last 24 years. I suspect this is at the core of my problem.

Damn, I'm getting old...

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,

SamW
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