It's because the stdout redirect is executing as your user ID, and this has nothing to do with MacPorts
The solution is to first do: sudo su - This gets you to a full root shell. Then you do the command you said. + David Herron On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m trying to install the port of OpenModelica. The instructions at > https://www.openmodelica.org/download/download-mac give, as first step: > > echo rsync://build-openmodelica.org/macports/ >> > /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf > > But even with sudo, I’m getting a "Permission denied" error. > > How to fix this? > > --- > Murray Eisenberg [email protected] > 503 King Farm Blvd #101 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=503+King+Farm+Blvd+%23101&entry=gmail&source=g> > Home > (240)-246-7240 > Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 > > >
