imgeorgelin wrote: > > I had been a regular, happy user until I tried to install Virtualbox on my > iMac running 10.7.3 Lion. > > The installation of VB itself via Macports went smoothly. But when I tried > to install an extension pack downloaded from VB site, I failed because > apparently the extension tried to reference a library stored in > /Applications/VirtualBox.app/... but by default, Macports installed it in > /Applications/Macports/VirtualBox.app/.... So my question is: > > Can I override the default, say, append something lime > "--with-application-dir=..." after the usual "port install virtualbox", so > that the final app would be installed in /Applications/? > > I don't want to change the global settings in macports.conf. And the > extension pack is not a port in macports otherwise it would have worked. > > Thanks!
You can just ++ either move it ++ copy it to /Applications after the install You can also edit the portfile and insert a single line that redefines the default Aplicationsdir : nano $(port file virtualbox) insert this line somewhere in the start of the file: applications_dir /Applications -- Bjarne D Mathiesen København N ; Danmark ; Europa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- denne besked er skrevet i et totalt M$-frit miljø MacOS X 10.7.3 Lion ; 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 ; 16GB 1067MHz DDR3 _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
