Sam, MacPorts is a command-line program. start Terminal (it has an
icon in Aplications/Utilities). You can read about this using
man port <ENTER>
in general you install something with
sudo port -d install foo <ENTER>
but see the web site and the man program.
There are at least two Icon GUI programs for port. I use
PortAuthority myself. You can get a demo from the web site and the
licence is about $20 with free updates. see www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html
good luck
WD
On Sep 5, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Sam Williams wrote:
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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