"Port info portname" pulls up just the info for that item, including current version and other useful information.
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, Lenore Horner wrote: > Even when I don???t know much about a port???s name, usually port search blah > where blah is some guess at a name returns enough that I can figure out what > I was really looking for. (R is annoying though if I forget to put a space > in the search). For instance port search python 3.8 pulls up somethings with > py38 in the name which suggests trying with no spaces. Or port search python > gets a lot of stuff but in there show up python37, python38, python39 etc. > Lenore > > > On Apr 16, 2021, at 18:15, Christoph Kukulies <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ah, I wasn???t aware of writing python38 > > all in one without any interpunctuation. > > ??? > > Christoph > > > > > > > >> Am 16.04.2021 um 17:10 schrieb Christopher Jones > >> <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Just like how you would install any other port... > >> > >>> sudo port install python38 > >> > >> gives the latest python 3.8 > >> > >> or > >> > >>> sudo port install python39 > >> > >> for the latest in the 3.9 series. > >> > >>> On 16 Apr 2021, at 3:47 pm, Christoph Kukulies <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> How can I upgrade to the latest version of python (python 3.8.x)? > >>> Or should I use conda or something else? > >>> > >>> ??? > >>> Christoph > >>> > >> > > > > -- XR
