Thank you all. I couldn't find the 'normal installation instructions' for 1.7.1, and I couldn't use uninstall, but I was able to follow the 'rm -rf /opt/local' instruction all right. That cleaned things right up.
Thank you for your help. john On Jan 17, 2014, at 16:43, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 17, 2014, at 13:57, John Graybeal wrote: > >> I'm trying to install macports on my Mac (which has a long history). >> (/opt/local/bin/port is dated 2005.12.15; running 'sudo port selfupdate' >> gives >> can't find package darwinports while executing "package require >> darwinports" (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 41) >> ) >> >> Installing the Mountain Lion pkg gives "Your existing MacPorts or >> DarwinPorts installation is too old to be upgraded by this installer. Please >> install MacPorts 1.7.1 first." Renaming port and portindex doesn't change >> this; not sure how to get rid of my ancient install. >> >> After downloading 1.7.1, I am mystified as to what to do to install it. > > If you wanted to go this route, then you would install it, per our normal > installation instructions on our web site. But: > >> I don't think I care about my old MacPorts installation, I just want a >> current one. > > Then you can follow the uninstallation instructions in our guide, followed by > the installation instructions. > > _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
