On Oct 17, 2011, at 8:11 AM, François Laenen wrote: > I'm feeling a bit desperate since I updated for Mac Os X Lion 10.7, just > because the extraction process, the "tar" command, does not work anymore > because it's a powerpc command!
That is strange. IIRC macports won't use a tar command it installs, and 10.7 should have installed a useable tar command. > And this applies also with macports: when I install it from the dmg disk, the > one for Lion, it says at the end of the installation that the tar command > couldn't launch! > Hopefully, I can download the source, extract it with another utility, then > install macports with source, this seems to work. You can install from the installer (as the Migration instructions recommend https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration) > But I can't install any port or performing a "selfupdate": > > When I try to install a port, the problem is: > > Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command failed (see log > for details) > > When I try to selfupdate with sudo port -v selfupdate , the problem is: > > Launch of "tar" failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported. > > I've got the latest version of Xcode and macports, this is not the problem. > > Can you help me with this issue? We probably need to see the full output of the command (with that -v flag) in order to help. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- [email protected] ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+ _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
