On Oct 17, 2017, at 09:09, Patrick Hinkle wrote: > I installed MacPorts successfully and got the following Terminal statement: > Congratulations, you have successfully installed the MacPorts system. To get > the Portfiles and update the system, add /opt/local/bin to your PATH and run: > > sudo port -v selfupdate > > I have tried many Terminal commands using the PATH environment variable like: > PATH=$PATH:~/opt/local/bin > which gives me the following error: > Bad : modifier in $ (~). > and many other similar forms of error. > It is only the first step mentioned above that I can't quite figure out - to > get the Portfiles. > I should also mention that I have downloaded MacPorts before a few years ago. > If this is what's causing me to not get these Portfiles I would appreciate > any information on how to deal with this problem.
What makes you think /opt/local/bin isn't in your PATH already? The installer would set that up for you. If running something like "port version" works, then this step is already done.
