Hello,
I installed MacPorts while I was logged in as a standard user. I should have
done this as the admin user, because I want the stuff that I install to be
available for all users on the Mac. During installation I just gave the proper
admin user name and password when prompted for it, and installation completed
succesfully.
Now I am afraid that MacPorts will not work as it should when I use it logged
in as the admin user to do further installations.
Here are some more details:
OS version: 10.6.8
MacPorts version: MacPorts-2.2.1-10.6-SnowLeopard
Immediately after I discovered the mistake I searched standard user’s home
folder for changed files (visible and invisible). I found only one that had
been changed just before, namely .profile. It said:
“
# MacPorts Installer addition on 2014-05-22_at_13:26:30: adding an appropriate
PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.
“
Indeed, when I checked the environment stil logged in as this standard user I
got:
“PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/usr/X11/bin”
Now, when I check the environment logged in as admin user I get
“PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/usr/X11/bin”.
Further, installation seems to have crated a new folder right in the root,
named /opt, which contains lots of files created at the installation time, and
some older ones that were changed at the installation moment.
What must I do? The most simple solution to me seems to just install again
being logged in as the proper admin user. I imagine that a second installation
will simply write a new /opt folder over the exisiting one. Will this do the
trick or will it not? And how about this changed PATH of standard user (or
maybe other settings for standard user), wil it hurt?
(Please notice I hardly know any “terminalspeak”)
Regards,
Marianne
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