On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:45:01PM -0400, Mitchell L Model said: > At 10:48 AM +1000 7/2/09, Joshua Root wrote: > >On 2009-7-2 10:27, Mitchell L Model wrote: > >> I just switched machines. I had /opt/local/bin/ls on my other one. I am > >> remaking my ports environment for various reasons. So far I haven't > >> stumbled upon the port containing ls! I've read documentation, tried some > >> things, etc. I'm sure I'm missing something really basic. Would someone > >> please fill me in? > > > >/opt/local/bin/ls would only be provided by the coreutils port with the > >+with_default_names variant selected. It's actually a pretty bad idea to > >use this variant, because many programs will expect the utilities to > >have the BSD behaviour. It can currently also break MacPorts base: > ><http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18149> > > > >Without that variant, the coreutils will be installed with a 'g' prefix, > >e.g. 'ls' becomes 'gls'. If you want to use gls when you type ls in your > >shell, it's far safer to set up an alias. > > Thanks for all that info -- that was a whole other issue I hadn't thought > about. > I switched from fink to ports recently, and not everything is the same. > I've been getting errors on some installations with the command "cd"; > I wonder if that's the same problem
Make sure your install is current (with 'sudo port selfupdate') as most of the cd problems have been fixed; if you still hit one, please file a ticket so we can fix it: <http://trac.macports.org/newticket> > > But I still want to know how to find something -- I'm missing libJPEG.dylib > which is needed for some things I'm installing (and not obscure ones), > for instance. How would I figure out what package contains it? I guess > libraries are harder than commands; I'd like to know how to find both. The jpeg port provides libjpeg.dylib (all lowercase) if that's what you're looking for. However, note that MacPorts doesn't currently have a database of installed files and what port provides them, you basically have to have a given port already installed to find that information. Bryan > > Thanks. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
